The
blood of Robert Stethem stains the side of the airplane
Seventeen
women and two children are released in Beirut
Jose
& Sylvia Delgado
Hijacker
talks with airport personnel
Hijackers
order civilian to put his hands up as he approaches the plane
Television
crews aim cameras at Boeing 727- Beirut Airport
Petty
Officer Robert Dean Stethem
Clinton Suggs hugs son upon arrival at Norfolk
Naval Air Station after his release
Thomas
& Sarah
Cullins
Newsweek
- 1985
Freed
passengers are led into a building at Beirut Airport
Irma
Trautmann, daughter Kathy, and a third passenger are escorted from the plane
by a Beirut Airport employee
Released
hostages are loaded into a Red Cross ambulance at Beirut Airport
A
Royal Jordanian jet hijacked earlier in the week is blown up at Beirut Airport
Militiamen
prepare rocket launcher to guard against action to free hostages
Hijacker fires AK-47 rifle to keep photographers away
Uli,
Hazel, Judy and Elizabeth give radiant smiles minutes after their release.
Picture courtesy of Pamela Rice
Nabih
Berri
Robert
Trautmann
Ralf
Traugott & Niki Assimakopoulos
Simon
& Elaine Grossmayer
Amal
militiamen take aim at approaching airport personnel
Blake
& Jane Synnestvedt
Uli
and three of her four crew members, Judy Cox, Hazel Hesp, and Elizabeth Howes,
board a plane in London for New York City. Fourth crew member, Helen Sheahan,
missing from photo
