Dirty Work: The untold story of my secret mission to steal back TWA Flight 847 from Hezbollah

by Richard Vaux, Brad Kuhn

Richard Vaux has done his share of dirty work, but nothing like this. His employer, Trans World Airlines wants him and a crew to sneak into Beirut, Lebanon, at the height of a civil war, to reclaim an airplane hijacked by Palestinian terrorists. TWA can't say, for sure, whether the plane will fly, or whether it has been wired to explode in flight. And that's assuming they aren't attacked by one or more of the rival militias who pass the time shooting at each other across the tarmac, but only because there haven't been any Americans to kidnap in awhile.

Genres: History

113 pages, Kindle Edition

Published June 19, 2019

Reviews

[Victor Hess · Rating 5 out of 5]

Richard Vaux and Brad Kuhn provide us the true account of the mission to retrieve TWA Flight 847 from the hands of the Hezbollah. It's a perfect book for any man because it's true; can be read in one sitting; the hero is a civilian; takes place in the Middle East; there are pictures; and, fishing is involved. As I read this account, the authors carefully kept me informed with segments of history peppered into the intrigue of returning a hijacked plane back to safety. The story is so well organized that you don't want to put it down, and by the time you are finished you cheer for the hero and put the book down with a better understanding of the recent and ancient history of Israel and Palestine.