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Plane hijackings: from evil acts of violence to a 52-year-old unsolved mystery

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On June 15, 1985, during the second stop off in Beirut, a 23-year-old US Navy diver called Robert Stethem was dragged to the plane’s open door and executed with a gunshot to the head. His body was thrown down onto the tarmac below. The passengers began to prepare for a crash landing with life jackets on.

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