Trans World Airlines Flight 847 Essay

On a Friday morning on June 14, 1985, Trans World Airlines Flight 847 was schedule for a flight destined to Rome, Italy from Athens, Greece. Shortly after take-off, members of the Hezbollah hijacked the airliner that was containing 139 passengers on board. The purpose of the hijacking was the members of the Hezbollah was demanding the release of Shi’ite Muslims that were in custody of Israeli government officials. All passengers on board were unharmed and released during the two-week hostage period, unfortunately there was one casualty on board that was murdered by the hijackers. After watching a short documentary, it turned out that were 6 U.S. Navy personnel on board the flight TWA 847. Not only was Robert Stethem the only military personnel …show more content…
Hearing the words “We’ve got hijack” has to be the most terrifying words that an air traffic controller, a flight attendant or even a pilot wants to hear. This would have to be, other than 9/11 hijackings, one of the scariest hijackings that ever took place on the face of the earth. These pilots and flight attendants handled the situation the way it should’ve been handled. The hijackers had full control of the flight by giving direct orders to the pilot while taking them hostage and full authority of the flight attendants how to segregate the passengers from their Jewish religion or with Jewish sounding names.
I don’t really see any other option how to handle this situation. I would give a lot respect to the men and women employed by the airliner that took care of the hostages and removing them from the aircraft unharmed. Aviation security is on the rise knowing that airports are the number one targets for terrorists all throughout the world. There needs to be more training sessions and presented ideas on how to prevent these similar events from happening again throughout our time on this