<P> The Taking of Flight 847: The Uli Derickson Story, also marketed as The Flight for home video releases as well as DVD reissues, is a 1988 television film based on the actual hijacking of TWA Flight 847 as seen through the eyes of Uli Derickson, the chief flight attendant . Derickson herself acted as a consultant for the film . The film was directed by Paul Wendkos . </P> <P> The film showcases the first 48 hours of the hijacking, until Derickson's liberation . After the aircraft leaves Athens, Derickson is forced at gunpoint to the flight deck door by "Castro", one of the terrorists . She is able to defuse the situation by communicating with him in German, convincing him to release hostages upon landing in Beirut and Algiers and pleading for the other hijacker to stop harming the passengers . Her efforts are shown to save the lives of all but one hostage, Robert Stethem, whose body was thrown on the tarmac in Beirut . </P> <Ul> <Li> Lindsay Wagner--Uli Derickson (Chief Flight Attendant) </Li> <Li> Eli Danker--"Castro" (Lead hijacker; based on Mohammed Ali Hammadi, real life hijacker of TWA 847) </Li> <Li> Sandy McPeak--John Testrake (Captain) </Li> <Li> Ray Wise--Phil Maresca (First Officer) </Li> <Li> Leslie Easterbrook--Audrey (Flight Attendant) </Li> <Li> Laurie Walters--Jane (Flight Attendant) </Li> <Li> Joseph Nasser--Saiid (Hijacker) </Li> <Li> Steven Eckholdt--Robert Stethem (U.S. Navy Diver) </Li> </Ul> <Li> Lindsay Wagner--Uli Derickson (Chief Flight Attendant) </Li>

The taking of flight 847 the uli derickson story