Word: cairo
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Boeing 727 flew from Cairo to Athens, then to Rome and back to Athens. The bomb exploded as the jet approached the Greek capital on the return trip--under seat 10F, the one Mansur is said to have occupied...
...said the woman underwent a body search at the Cairo airport by an Egyptian policewoman "as part of routine security measures" and her luggage was searched by Egyptian and TWA security...
...terrorist-passenger checked in late at Cairo and was driven to the Boeing 727 by a TWA official in a company car, according to Egyptian security officials. One official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the passenger list was checked after the bombing and no suspicions were raised about any passenger...
Sally McElwreath, a TWA spokeswoman in New York, said a review found no breaches of security procedures at the Cairo, Rome and Athens airports...
Body searches of passengers are not uncommon in Cairo, particularly of Lebanese and Palestinians...