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A purser aboard TWA Flight 847 hijacked June 14 by Muslim extremists used her personal credit card to pay for $11,000 worth of fuel after officials at Algiers airport refused to refuel the plane because TWA did not have an account there, TWA officials said in New York. The airline will pay purser Uli Derickson’s bill, said TWA spokeswoman Sally McElwreath.
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