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 of the cases, the official pilot hijacked the plane, when he diverted his internal Air China flight to Taiwan.[1][2]
Aircraft Hijacking Media
Captain John Testrake of TWA Flight 847 being held hostage by an armed hijacker in Beirut, Lebanon in 1985
- Explosion following the plane impact into the South Tower (WTC 2) - B6019~11.jpg
The South Tower (left) exploding after United Airlines Flight 175 crashed into it during the September 11 attacks—one of the most infamous aircraft hijackings.
Warning posters in a Central African airport, 2012
Hijacking assault simulation by South African special forces
Royal Canadian Air Force and Russian Air Force fighter aircraft during a training exercise for intercepting and transferring a hijacked airliner between Russian and American airspace in 2013
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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.
