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Italian Officials Say Arab Terrorist Was on TWA Plane

News article

By: Philip Dopoulos

Date: April 3, 1986

Source: The Associated Press.

About the Author: At the time the article was written, Philip Dopoulos was a writer for The Associated Press (AP). Since then, Dopoulos retired from AP but continues to write for such publications as the Moscow Times, an English-language newspaper in Russia.

INTRODUCTION

On April 2, 1986, at about 1:25 P.M. (local Athens time), Trans World Airlines (TWA) Flight 840 was on its descent to Ellinikon International Airport in Athens, Greece, having come from Leonardo Da Vinci International Airport (Rome, Italy). Suddenly, an...