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...refuel the jetliner. But after the two hostages were killed and Algeria offered to take the plane, they relented and filled its tanks, allowing the aircraft to leave for Algiers. The standoff continued in Algeria, which helped negotiate the release of 52 American hostages from Iran in 1981. Algerian officials opened talks with the hijackers the day the plane landed. At one point, the jetliner was asked to taxi away from the airport terminal as a security measure while a plane carrying Zambian President Kenneth Kaunda landed. After the African leader departed, Flight 422 moved back to its old spot...
...Algerian government, which served as mediator, and the hijackers had said a solution was reached, but its nature was not disclosed...
Several hostages said they had no idea they would be freed until Algerian authorities entered the Kuwait Airways Boeing 747 about 15 minutes earlier...
...Algerian officials said the hijackers were whisked out of the jumbo jet 20 minutes before the hostages were brought...
...gunmen, whom the hostages said numbered eight, were taken in unmarked automobiles to an undisclosed location, the Algerian officials said, speaking on condition of anonymity...