Talk:Pan Am Flight 73

Itinerary?
"...On September 28 2001, Zayd Hassan Abd Al-Latif Masud Al Safarini was captured by the FBI in Bangkok after he was released in Pakistan and was on his way back to Jordan...." —He was traveling from Pakistan to Jordan, but was captured in Thailand? Did he have a compass? Clipper471 15:34, 2 May 2006 (UTC)

Response from a Pan Am 73 victim - In 1986 Safarini entered Pakistan via Bangkok to carry out the hijacking. In 2001, it appears that "arrangements" were made between the powers that be so that upon his release he would return to Jordon via Bangkok also. The FBI apprehended him in Bangkok, flew him non-stop in one of their planes to Alaska for arraignment, after which he was transferred to DC for further prosecution.

unsourced material.
< ---!A secret message written on cigarette packets and foils is delivered to a Pakistani journalist, Mr Masror Hausen, who covered the trial. The hijackers revealed the true motive behind hijacking was, "to fill up the aircraft with explosives and hit the Israeli defence ministry, using the aircraft as a missile...." The message is reported in a Pakistani daily newspaper "The Muslim."---!> —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Yousaf465 (talk • contribs) 19:32, 12 December 2006 (UTC).

THE LIST OF NATIONALITIES POSTED ON THE PAGE IS NOT CORRECT - IT NEEDS TO BE REVISED AS WE KNOW FOR A FACT THAT ALL FLIGHT CABIN CREW WERE INDIAN (THE US DEPT. OF JUSTICE GAVE THEM AN AWARD FOR THEIR BRAVERY

http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/ovc/ncvrw/2006/2006bios_4.htm —Preceding unsigned comment added by Panam73 (talk • contribs) 18:25, 17 November 2008 (UTC)

"Assault" section
The section titled "Assault" contains unverified information including a claim that US Special Forces were planning on taking the plane. The section needs more sources for verification. Furthermore, one of the sources cited is a forum, which does not meet the criteria for a reliable source, doesn't verify anything and is going to be removed.--RDavi404 (talk) 18:58, 30 December 2010 (UTC)

Original Research
Half of this article is apparently original research, with its sole source being a book's promo site (not the book itself, as no passages are properly cited as references). Considering the importance of this event, there's got to be a lot more sources of information than one mans' promotional website. Fix it, or remove it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.28.24.254 (talk) 20:02, 23 August 2013 (UTC)

Hijackers Escaped From Prison
"On December 3, 2009, the FBI, in coordination with the State Department, announced a $5M reward for information that leads to the capture of each of the four remaining hijackers of Pan Am 73, who were reported to have escaped from prison in Pakistan in 2008.[9]" The linked reference actually says they were released, not escaped: "In January 2008, the four hijackers subject to this reward offer were reportedly released from Pakistani custody." — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.68.217.153 (talk) 07:17, 29 December 2016 (UTC)

As an echo of the earlier note because I believe it needs to be emphasized, the source cited by the author states the the hijackers were RELEASED by the Pakistani government not that they escaped. Why the clear misinformation?? In addition, in the earlier paragraph with regards to the first hijacker it states that the hijacker was handed off to the U.S. In fact, the source cited says the hijacker was RELEASED by the Pakistani government and then later apprehended by the U.S.Fulluvflava (talk)

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Flags removed per consensus
hi Just wanted to know, where is the consensus discussion on removal of the flags hosted? It's not here on the talk page. Thanks. Cadar (talk) 16:57, 24 June 2019 (UTC)


 * The use of flags for decoration is covered in MOS:FLAG and a recent project discussion was at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Aviation/Aviation accident task force. MilborneOne (talk) 17:05, 24 June 2019 (UTC)

A number to be corrected
‘Thexton had the opportunity to ask his hijacker about this experience forty years later’. I guess the number of years is not the correct one, since 37 years have elapsed since the attack to this day. Vernel222 (talk) 11:36, 5 September 2023 (UTC)