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...plane began to dive toward the ground, several passengers and members of the crew charged the rebels, swinging soda and beer bottles, mops, umbrellas and even pieces of molding ripped off the cabin walls. In desperation, the hijackers touched off the explosives in the lavatory, blowing a hole about 4 ft. wide in the side of the aircraft. The undaunted posse of passengers and crew members began battering the hijackers while the pilot struggled to gain control of the plummeting aircraft. "There was a lot of blood and screaming," W.J. Gunther of Flemington, N.J., remembered later. "It was like...
...Fitr is traditionally followed by the exchange of sweetmeats, and festive family gatherings. But as the Israeli siege of Beirut went into its sixth week, the mood was tense and somber. In the first aerial bombardment in more than a month, Israeli warplanes three times last week conducted dive-bombing raids against predominantly Muslim West Beirut, where some 6,000 P.L.O. commandos have been sealed off, along with 500,000 residents. The main Israeli targets were P.L.O. Chief Yasser Arafat's headquarters, located in the Fakhani neighborhood south of the center of the city, and P.L.O. positions near...
When Silverman began his inquiry a year later, he took Furino up on the polygraph offer. Furino still denied knowing Donovan. But officials say Furino flunked the test-and not just once. "Freddie took a dive six times," claims one investigator. Whether Furino also denied any acquaintance with Donovan in his grand jury testimony has not been revealed. But he disappeared from his New Jersey trucking company office shortly afterward, on June...
Nicholson watched men dive into the burning waters with life jackets to rescue their comrades. Helicopters ignored the fire and smoke to hoist men out. Spotting life rafts drifting back into the blaze around the Sir Galahad, four helicopter pilots flew behind the vessel and turned their aircraft into gigantic fans: flying low, they used the downdraft of their rotor blades to push the rubber rafts to the safety of the beach. Ashore, all was chaos as casualties were brought to a makeshift field hospital and then flown by a continuous helicopter shuttle to the main British medical center...
...also one of the most dedicated athletes in the school. Last summer she injured her back when she dove and landed on some concrete--the resulting shoulder injury plagued her throughout the season. Despite this mishap. Stone managed to dive in almost every meet, never once complaining...