Word: mellinger
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"Egyptians!" yelled Melling.
Melling: "No! Just keep down and put your guns away!" To Cox: "If they come up the steps, mate, we've had it." Melling reached up and grabbed a fire ax to have something in his hand.
The firing finally stopped. The cockpit radio had been smashed so Melling grabbed a bullhorn and climbed down to the tarmac. "What is going on?" he demanded. "Who is in control? Identify yourself!"
A Cypriot bomb squad expert came forward; Melling took him back to the cockpit. Mohammed and Hussein stood there warily, pistols cocked, hand grenades unpinned.
"This is a security man," said Melling. "Give him your guns and grenades and let's finish this." Their hands were trembling; Melling reached out and disarmed the pair. As they were led away, he remembered that Mohammed had kept a second gun in the back of his waistband. Melling...