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...Algerian police ringed the airport, Interior Minister Abderahmane Meziane-Cherif rushed to the control tower and began negotiating with the hijackers via the cockpit radio. Using the pilot, Bernard Delhemme, to speak for them, the terrorists demanded the release from house arrest of Abassi Madani and Ali Belhadj, the leaders of the Islamic Salvation Front (F.I.S.), the political party that was banned by the Algerian government in 1992. "Start by freeing the women, the elderly and the children if you want us to start talking," replied Cherif. About four hours into the negotiations, the hijackers began releasing passengers...
...Observateur, they brought his mother to the airport and let her talk directly on the radio to the cockpit. "In the name of God, I implore you, my son, to let all the passengers go," she said. Yahia reportedly fired a few rounds in the direction of the control tower and replied, "Mother, we'll meet in paradise...
...upstart carrier formed by laid-off airline workers, suspended flights for a time after FAA inspectors raised questions about its pilot-training records. And at New York's Kennedy Airport, the FBI disclosed that it was investigating sabotage in the electrical wiring of several jumbo jets belonging to Tower...
...strange that the further a team gets from the Ivory Tower of Harvard, the closer together they become...
...officials admitted today they were investigating suspected sabotage of Tower Air's fleet at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport. The charter airline says there have been five incidents of sabotage to its Boeing 747s in the past three months. Newsday, which broke the story, today reported that investigators have not ruled out terrorism as a motive because Tower Air flies to Israel. Another possibility: disgruntled workers.Post your opinion on theScience & Technologybulletin board...