Two Hours Aboard British Jet

tueled. From Tripoli they diverted the flight to Tunis. A stewardess and a porter were wounded when the hijacking began in Dubai, and there were reports two other persons were wounded dumg the flight from Tripoli to Tunis.

The hijackers’ command, in Beirut, Lebanon, said, “We want our comrades Adnan Ahmad Nun and Houssin Tatnimah freed at once bv the Dutch government. Otherwise we shall kill every Dutch, Belgian and Luxembourg hostage on the hijacked plane.”

The command did not say how many such hostages were aboard the plane, which Dubai officials said carried ‘27 passengers. IO crew members, seven cleaning men and three airport caterers.

"Our heroes must be released at once. They are to be flown to the Tunis airport. Otherwise the Dutch government will bear the responsibility for what will hap|a>n to the European hostages,” the command added.

Nuri and Tamimah are serving a fiveyear jail term in Holland for hijacking another British airways VCIO jetliner last March and blowing it up at Amsterdam airport.

Nuri and three other convicts took over a prison chapel in the Hague last month and threatened to kill 22 hostages unless Tamimah was freed. Dutch marines finally broke the siege and Nuri, Tamimah and the others were jailed again.

The latest hijacking began when the three Palestinians stormed onto the British VC IO firing submachine guns at Du hoi.