The shadowy world of camouflage passports

Not to be confused with counterfeit passports, camouflage passports use the name of a former country, since changed for political reasons, and were designed to be pulled out in life-threatening situations such as hijackings.

(CNN) — "He has pulled a hand-grenade pin and he is ready to blow up the aircraft if he has to. We must, I repeat, we must land at Beirut."

The hijacking of TWA Flight 847 on June 14, 1985 sent the world reeling.

It was a drawn-out horror show lasting a fraught 17 days, which saw Americans singled out for beatings by their Hezbollah kidnappers, and the cold-blooded murder of United States Navy diver Robert Dean Stethem.