Word: overflew
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Though two of the prisoners refused to go, the remaining five were quickly flown to Kuala Lumpur's Subang International Airport. Complications developed when Malaysian officials could find no country willing to accept the terrorists. Iran even threatened to shoot down the plane if it overflew the country with hijackers aboard. As negotiations continued, a nearby Kentucky Fried Chicken franchise sent 60 servings to the hostages. Finally, word came that Libya, a well-known supporter of radical movements, would take the ten men. The five terrorists, prodding U.S. Consul Robert Stebbins and 14 other hostages with pistols, boarded...
...international law, since Israel claimed that its pilots had followed established procedures before finally opening fire on the plane -at least of international decency. The only crime of the captain-a French pilot named Jacques Bourges, 42, on contract to Libyan Arab Airlines-was that he mistakenly overflew air space claimed by Israel. Even Israel's friends abroad were shocked by the assault on the unarmed passenger plane. President Nixon sent pointed messages of sympathy to Libya and Egypt, whose citizens accounted for most of those killed in the crash. Other Western nations, including France and Britain, made formal...
...Paul stopped only long enough to deliver a message of sympathy to the stricken East Pakistanis and a contribution of $10,000 toward the relief of the starving victims of the recent cyclone and tidal wave. Even in the air, the Pope was busy, dispatching messages to countries he overflew. Among the recipients were the Presidents of both North and South Viet Nam. He extended "respectful" greetings to each, encouraging "a just peace" and "fraternal concord...
...Kremlin note complained nonetheless that "general military activity" of the U.S. near Soviet borders has been responsible for ten violations in the past three years, including the U-8 affair. However, none involved spying missions. Five of the violations occurred when U.S. polar-bear hunters overflew several small Russian islands in the Bering Strait. Three others concerned U.S. commercial flights along the polar route to Japan. Another involved a U.S. fighter-interceptor that flew over Soviet-held Big Diomede Island while chasing off a Soviet bomber near the Aleutian Islands...
Down 7-0, the Lafayette quarterback abandoned his short-passing attack and went for a catch-up quick bomb. The wind-aided aerial overflew the receiver and was picked off by Crimson corner-back Bill Cobb...