Legal Opinion
Pan American World Airways, Inc. v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided October 15, 1974No. Nos. 771, 929, 930, Dockets 73-2604, 73-2606, 73-2766PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAYS, Circuit Judge:
On September 6, 1970 Pan American Flight 083, while on a regularly scheduled flight from Brussels to New York, was hijacked in the sky over London about 45 minutes after it had taken off from an intermediate stop in Amsterdam. Two men, Diop and Gueye, acting for the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine [the “PFLP”], forced the crew of the aircraft to fly to Beirut, where a demolitions expert and explosives were put on board. The aircraft, a Boeing 747, was then flown to Egypt still under PFLP control. In Cairo, after the passengers were evacuated, the aircraft was…
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