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STANFORD v. KUWAIT AIRWAYS CORP.

Nos. 1256, 1505 and 1506, Dockets 95-7784, 95-7787 and 95-7789.

89 F.3d 117 (1996)

Lorraine STANFORD, Executrix of the Estate of William L. Stanford; Edwena R. Hegna, Executrix of the Estate of Charles F. Hegna; and Charles Kapar, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. KUWAIT AIRWAYS CORPORATION; Pan American World Airways, Inc.; Northwest Airlines, Inc.; and International Air Transport Association, Defendants, Middle East Airlines Airliban, S.A., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided July 16, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John P. James, Friedman, Biondi & James, New York City, for Plaintiffs-Appellants Charles Kapar, Lorraine Stanford, and Edwena Hegna.

Ralph P. Dupont, Durant, Nichols, Houston, Mitchell & Sheahan, P.C., Bridgeport, CT, for Plaintiffs-Appellants Lorraine Stanford and Edwena Hegna.

Roger Johnson, Koonz, McKenney, Johnson & Regan, Washington, DC (Katherine Shepard, Koonz, McKenney, Johnson & Regan, Washington, DC, of counsel), for Plaintiff-Appellant Charles Kapar.

James B. McQuillan, Bigham Englar Jones & Houston, New York City, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before: WALKER, McLAUGHLIN, and LEVAL, Circuit Judges.

McLAUGHLIN, Circuit Judge:

Four terrorists boarded Middle Eastern Airlines ("MEA") flight 426 in Beirut, Lebanon. The flight ended in Dubai, United Arab Emirates where the four terrorists disembarked, and connected with Kuwait Airways flight KU221, bound for Karachi, Pakistan. Three American diplomats, William Stanford, Charles Hegna, and Charles Kapar were also on board KU221. Shortly after take-off from Dubai, the terrorists hijacked KU221, forcing the pilot to...

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