Of the 12 American passengers, two received injuries.

An American passenger was killed by the hijackers on the aircraft.

One angry American passenger demanded to know why he had been kept on the plane when four Russians were let off early.

"That means hang on to your passport firmly," advised the American passenger next to me.

One American passenger was reported by a State Department source.

On the way he encounters a ship with American passengers.

A picture of the American passenger appeared in her head.

The E9 powered American passenger and mail trains from the 1950s into the late 1970s.

That number fell to 451,924 American passengers in 2006.

American passengers by and large did not complain, but said they welcomed added protection.