Undated (AP) _ The release of the last 39 passengers and crew members from TWA Flight 847 ended one of the worst hijackings in aviation history. Here are the key events in the 16-day ordeal.
June 14 - Two Shiite gunmen hijack the Boeing 727 shortly after it takes off from Athens, Greece, bound for Rome with 145 passengers and eight crew members aboard.
The plane is allowed to land in Beirut, Lebanon, after the pilot says one hijacker has pulled the pin on a grenade. The hijackers free 19 American women and children, then fly to Algeria where 19 American women, one American child and three people of other nationalities are released.
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