Just saw a doco on this hijacking when I was back in Darwin recently.
Potential PODs-
WI the Egyptian sky-marshal had managed to take out at least 1 more of the Abu Nidal terrorists ?
WI the assault had been better managed by the Egyptian SA'AQA commandos ? 56 out of 88 hostages were kiled in the fire which was started- how could this horrific casualty rate have been substantially reduced ?
WI the Maltese govt had decided to allow Delta Force to conduct the assault, given that there was a significant no. of Americans under threat ? Or if the Maltese had accepted from the outset the US offer to provide the secret intel team with specialised listening equipment ?