Xarabank EgyptAir Hijack - Documentary Part 9

23rd November 1985. EgyptAir Flight 648 is hijacked by three terrorists on its way from Athens to Cairo. The aircraft is diverted to Malta.

On board there are 96 people. One of them is Jackie Pflug, American.

Once in Malta the terrorists start negotiations with the Maltese Government, at the time led by Prime Minister Dr Karmenu Mifsud Bonnici.

Some passengers are released but when the negotiations come to a stumbling block, the terrorists threaten to shoot a passenger every fifteen minutes. As passengers are shot, they are thrown off the plane.

The fifth passenger to be shot is Jackie Pflug. She is shot in the head and thrown off the plane like the others. But she is not dead...

JACKIE LIVES TO RETELL THE STORY...in Xarabank

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[MalteseFalcon786]

I hate terrorists. I don't care what nationality they are. They're all the same.

[neruni]

It was a bloody stupid decision by the Egyptian commandos! Utter stupidity to bomb the plane and further more to shoot the hijackers.

[celticlofts]

What an utter fiasco, Would someone please explain to the Egyptians that they're supposed to save the passengers not kill them. They turned out to be worse than the hijackers. The United States had every right to be involved in that rescue effort as there were American citizens aboard that aircraft.

[muganug]

my friend was the last survivor off the plane, the egypt commandos were not trained for this, they were given the green light to storm the plane because it was an egyptian airliner, no other reason. They didn't have a clue what to do. US or BrITISH DELTA FORCE was the best alternative. I am glad my friend survivied to testify and put the only terrorist away for life. He's in Levenworth in the USA.

[sakusia]

Geez, 1985 was a scary year to travel. I can understand American airliners to be targetted but why EgyptAir? What a diplomatic fiasco this must have caused.

[justsomeoneish]

the egypiton commandoes just attacked the plane with out telling anyone,in fact they were arrested by the maltese police after they did that mess,and for all you who think maltese are arabic ,well here it is they are not in fact we are nothing like arabic,totally opposite, and yes they were forced to send them back

[Yattamt]

From where you got this information? I think it haven't been mentioned here! Correct me if I'm wrong

[ivaflimkien]

british, french, and US commandos were ready to come to do the job themselves-i doubt that a single hostage would have died if the job was done by well-trained troops from france or uk-but no, our arab-loving government, who loved to associate the maltese with arabs rather than europeans, our true kin, brought the egyptians instead-and they got what they wanted

[chelates]

Maltease allowen their flight landing, once they are out the Maltease shot them from everywhere,, then they took thier weapons, and becouse of the un-logic act they did against Egyptians, they sent them all back with thier weapons..

[chelates]

I am speaking about Larnaka Accdent, that was during Sadat much earlier than 1981, you know also such type of ( Show-off ) operations is not Mubarak Type, its more Sadat..