Word: plane
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...return of the hijackers ended a drama that began Thursday, when four armed Soviets seized a busload of schoolchildren in southern Russia, then traded them for a plane out of the country and a $3.3 million ransom. The hijackers surrendered shortly after arriving in Israel Friday evening...
...daily Haaretz ran a front-page analysis entitled: "The Plane Fell Like a Blessing From Heaven." An analysis in the daily Hadashot was headlined: "Israel Scores Many Points at a Low Price...
Defense Minister Yitzhak Rabin said the plane and the crew would be returned to the Soviet Union. "The hijackers will be interrogated and Israel will act according to international law," Rabin said. He was quoted as saying later on NBC News that "...those who violated the Russian law" will be returned to Soviet authorities...
Reporters were kept in the terminal buildingand could only see the movements of vehicles onthe darkened runway once the plane landed...
...order to save the children and the teachera decision was made to give a plane," Vlasov said.He said the hostages were released unharmed...