One-third of the members of the Senate joined Tuesday in demanding that the Arab hijacking of an American TWA airliner last month be brought before the United Nations Security Council.
Sen. Alan Cranston, California Democrat, supported by 36 other senators, wrote Secretary of State William P. Rogers to ask for a full public review of the hijacking which involved a narrow escape of passengers from a bomb blast that seriously damaged the plane at Damascus airport.
The senators called for criminal prosecution of the hijackers and the immediate release of the Israeli passengers still held by Syria. Secretary Rogers was also asked to propose an international agreement for the apprehension, extradition, and punishment of air pirates when the International Civil Aviation Organization meets in Montreal on Sept. 23.
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