Islamic Assholes Hijack Plane & Kill American Navy Diver Robert Stethem

Lux1969 · #1 ● 01-29-2025, 05:30 PM

On 14 June 1985, 139 passengers and 8 crew members boarded TWA Flight 847 from Athens, Greece en route to Rome, Italy. Among the passengers who passed through the notoriously lax security in Athens were Mohammed Ali Hamadi and Hassan Izz-al-Din. 20 minutes into the flight they took control of the aircraft using two Soviet F-1 grenades and a Browning Hi Power 9mm pistol. Identifying themselves as “Islamic Jihad” they forced the plane to land in Beirut, Lebanon where additional terrorists from Hezbollah boarded the aircraft. The terrorists demanded the release of 700 Shiite militants in custody in Israel. The leadership of the pilot, Korean War veteran John Testrake, and of flight service manager, Uli Derickson, was nothing short of heroic. Jewish passengers were separated from the others and two U.S. Navy divers were identified. After refueling, the Boeing 727 continued to Algeria where 20 hostages were released. After another refueling, the plane returned to Beirut where additional armed terrorists boarded the plane. On the morning on June 15, the plane door was pushed aside and 2nd Class Navy Diver Robert Dean Stethem was moved to the opening. He had been beaten nearly to death by the 12 to 15 Hezbollah terrorists holding the plane; they had almost ripped him apart with fists, fingernails, and even their teeth. Hamadi shot him in the back of the head and dropped his dead body onto the tarmac. 7 passengers with Jewish sounding names were removed from the plane and moved to locations in south Beirut. Flight 847 then took off for Algiers and later returned to Beirut. After 17 days of negotiations and concessions on the part of Israel and the U.S., all hostages were released. To this day, Hezbollah denies any involvement in the hijacking. Hassan Izz-Al-Din remains on the FBI’s Most Wanted Terrorists List. He is suspected to be in Lebanon. Mohammed Ali Hamadi was arrested in West Germany in 1987 on explosives and terrorism charges. He was sentenced to life in prison for the murder of Robert Stethem. He was paroled in 2005. Intelligence sources indicate that Hamadi was killed in a CIA drone strike in Pakistan in 2010. Reports of his death are unconfirmed.