Gunmen <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aircraft_hijacking" id="mw-Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Aircraft hijacking">hijack</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EgyptAir_Flight_648" id="mw-g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="EgyptAir Flight 648">EgyptAir Flight 648</a> en route from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athens" id="mw-w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Athens">Athens</a> to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cairo" id="mw_A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Cairo">Cairo</a>. When the plane lands in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malta" id="mw_Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Malta">Malta</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egypt" id="mw_g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Egypt">Egyptian</a> commandos storm the aircraft, but 60 people die in the raid.