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Palestinian Commandos Seize Rome Airport in Midair Assault
At Fiumicino airport Palestinian commandos shot through a customs station and threw a bomb into a Pan American jet, then hijacked a Lufthansa Boeing 737 with hostages bound for Beirut. Police feared up to 15 dead and many injured as the hijackers demanded emergency landing preparations.
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Rome
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New York
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Beirut
San Camillo
Frankfurt
Bonn
Foreign Ministry
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