 At the request of the U.S. government, the Algerian government confiscated and returned the $1 million in ransom money to the U.S. After the hijackers' calls to have the ransom money restored to them were ignored by the Algerian government, Wright and his associates disappeared.Allegedly in early 1973, the group traveled by ship to France and lived and worked there with new identities.On May 26, 1976, Wright's four associates were located in Paris and arrested by the French National Police for carrying false
U.S. passports.