Talk:TWA Flight 847

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Contents 1 "Bumped" 2 inappropriate category 3 References in popular culture 4 N64339 fate

[edit] "Bumped"

A third intended hijacker, Ali Atwa, had been bumped from the flight and was later arrested in Greece. Is bumped a proper term? It confused me. What would be a better word? Wright123 16:50, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

Bumped is definitely American airline jargon for being reticketed for a later flight because of overbooking. If there's a better "international" term, perhaps we could use that. --Dhartung | Talk 04:52, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

Here's a British English source, although they seem to be treating the term as novel to their audience. Here the term "overbooked" is used as a transitive verb. (Americans would say that a flight was overbooked, not that the airline overbooked them.) --Dhartung | Talk 04:56, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] inappropriate category

The attackers were Lebanese were connected to Hezbollah. According to the article they were not Palestinian. Thus the category Category:Palestinian terrorist incidents in Europe is inappropriate. --Abnn 04:37, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] References in popular culture

The Nitzer Ebb recording "TWA," from their 1989 "Belief" album, directly references flight 847.

Changed "made for TV movie" to "made-for-TV film" to avoid confusion 195.195.166.31 (talk) 16:55, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] N64339 fate

I was living in Kansas City when the plane was returned there to the TWA maintenance facility. They made a big deal about it in the local media. Pictures showing bullet holes clearly visible in the tail. I remember asking some of my TWA friends how they got the plane out. The only information I got was something like it was very hush hush and couldn't be talked about. There were rumors a crew was smuggled in and "stole" the airplane from Beirut. I haven't been able to confirm any of this or any info on who this crew was. Anyone have any info on this?

Incidentally this is the same plane that in the late 70's wore an experimental paint scheme called the silver bullet. The airline had this one plane stripped of its paint down to a bare silver polish with minimal logos and lettering applied to save weight. They decided the expense of maintaining the silver polish was more then they saved in fuel consumption with the slightly reduced weight.

This plane also flew the final revenue TWA 727 flight on September 30, 2000. [1]

Skywayman 13:59, 25 August 2007 (UTC)