097: Robert Clifford and Kevin Foust – Hijacking, Egypt Air Flight 648 (Part 2)

FBI Retired Case File Review

Jerri Williams

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🗓️ 21 December 2017

⏱️ 57 minutes

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In part two of this two-part episode, retired agents Bob Clifford and Kevin Foust review their international terrorism investigation of the hijacking of Egypt Air Flight 648 during an international trip from Athens, Greece to Cairo, Egypt, on November 23, 1985. Members of the terrorist organization, Abu Nidal, hijacked the plane in Malta. The hijackers began systematically shooting Israeli and American passengers. A rescue attempt by Egyptian commandoes resulted in dozens of deaths, making the hijacking of Flight 648 one of the deadliest such incidents in history. Sixty-one of the 95 passengers and crew died, as did two of the three hijackers. Bob Clifford and Kevin Foust recount their efforts to bring the only surviving hijacker, Omar Mohammed Ali Rezaq, back to the U.S. to stand trial.

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0:00.0	Welcome to episode 97 of FBI Retired Case File Review with Jerry Williams.
0:11.6	I'm a retired agent writing crime fiction inspired by
0:15.2	true crime FBI cases. In this episode we are back again with retired agents
0:22.1	Bob Clifford and Kevin Faust as they review their international
0:27.0	terrorism investigation of the hijacking of Egypt Air Flight 648.
0:34.3	In part 2, they recount their efforts to bring the only surviving hijacker, Omar Mohamed Ali Riesack back to the US to stand trial.
0:46.0	The hijacking occurred in November of 1985,
0:50.0	when during an international trip from Athens, Greece to Cairo, Egypt, the plane was hijacked
0:58.1	in Malta by members of the terrorist organization Abu Nidal. 61 of the 95 passengers and crew died as did two of the hijackers.
1:11.2	Making this hijacking one of the didliest such incidents in
1:15.9	history. Now I know part one ended on a cliffhanger so I won't take too much of
1:22.2	your time on this very short intro.
1:25.0	First of all I want to let you know that I will be on podcasting vacation
1:30.0	so there will be no episode between Christmas and New Year's.
1:35.0	On January 4th, I will be posting a special interview that I did on the Gang Land Wire podcast that I thought you would enjoy.
1:45.0	And then on Thursday, January 11th, I'll be back with brand new episodes for my third year of producing and hosting FBI Retired Case File Review with
1:58.9	Jerry Williams.
2:00.4	I have got some absolutely fascinating case reviews on the schedule.
2:06.0	But that doesn't mean that I don't need your help.
2:09.0	I am always looking for cases to review. So if you know of any retired agents or if you're a
2:16.7	retired agent please contact me at Jerry Williams author at gmail.com. let me tell you it takes a village to produce a
2:26.4	weekly podcast and some of the best case reviews I featured in the last two years have been suggested to me by listeners.
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