The World - News from Dec. 3, 1985
The United States disclosed that three American military officers, including Gen. Robert D. Wiegand, flew to Malta with Egyptian commandos who carried out a bloody assault on a hijacked Egyptian jetliner Nov. 24. The State Department and Pentagon denied that the three coordinated the attack. Meanwhile, Maltese officials reported the death of an Israeli woman who was shot by the hijackers. An American woman was also slain by the hijackers, and 58 people died in the Egyptian assault.
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