Aircraft hijacking

Aircraft hijacking (also known as skyjacking and aircraft piracy) is the takeover of an aircraft, by a person or group, usually armed. In most cases the pilot is forced to fly according to the orders of the hijackers. Sometimes, the hijackers fly the planes themselves, as occurred in the September 11, 2001 attacks. In one case the official pilot hijacked the plane, when he diverted his internal Air China flight to Taiwan.^[1]^[2]

Aircraft Hijacking Media

Warning posters in a Central African airport, 2012
United Airlines Flight 175 crashes into the south tower of the World Trade Center complex in New York City during the September 11 attacks
Hijacking assault simulation by South African special forces

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References

↑ Air China pilot hijacks his own jet to Taiwan. CNN. 1998-10-28. http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/asiapcf/9810/28/hijack.china.taiwan.02/index.html. Retrieved 2007-01-25.
↑ B. Raman (2000-01-02). "PLANE HIJACKING: IN PERSPECTIVE". South Asia Analysis Group. Archived from the original on 2008-10-13. Retrieved 2007-01-25.

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[1] Air China pilot hijacks his own jet to Taiwan. CNN. 1998-10-28. http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/asiapcf/9810/28/hijack.china.taiwan.02/index.html. Retrieved 2007-01-25.

[2] B. Raman (2000-01-02). "PLANE HIJACKING: IN PERSPECTIVE". South Asia Analysis Group. Archived from the original on 2008-10-13. Retrieved 2007-01-25.

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