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List of notable aircraft hijackings 1910s. 1919 (exact date unknown, possibly between March–July): During the chaotic aftermath of World War I, Hungarian aristocrat and geologist Baron Franz Nopcsa von Felső-Szilvás became the first person in history to hijack an airplane [dubious – discuss] in a desperate plot to flee persecution at the hands of the communist regime of the Hungarian ...
June 29 Southeast Airlines Flight 101 is hijacked by one person and diverted to Cuba. [37] July 1 Velasquez Fonseca, born in Cuba, hijacks Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 714, a Boeing 727, from Chicago to Cuba. [33] July 12 Leonard Bendicks hijacks a Cessna 210 from Key West, Florida, to Cuba.
Singapore Airlines Flight 117 was a Singapore Airlines flight that was hijacked en route by four Pakistani terrorists on 26 March 1991.. The aircraft landed in Singapore. The hijackers, who claimed to be members of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), demanded the release of former Prime Minister of Pakistan Benazir Bhutto's husband, Asif Ali Zardari, who later became President of Pakistan, as ...
Authorities in the eastern Caribbean said they were trying to locate two people believed to be U.S. citizens who were aboard a yacht that was hijacked by three escaped prisoners from Grenada. The ...
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George Edward Wright (born March 29, 1943) is a Portuguese citizen of American origin, known for taking part in the hijacking of Delta Air Lines Flight 841.Originally arrested and convicted for murder in 1962 and sentenced to up to 30 years in prison, George Wright escaped from prison in 1970 and hijacked a Delta Air Lines flight in 1972 with a number of accomplices.
FBI says millions of residential computers were secretly hijacked and used to carry out cyber attacks between 2014 and 2022 ‘World’s largest botnet’ knocked offline after raking in billions ...
Aircraft hijacking (also known as airplane hijacking, skyjacking, plane hijacking, plane jacking, air robbery, air piracy, or aircraft piracy, with the last term used within the special aircraft jurisdiction of the United States) is the unlawful seizure of an aircraft by an individual or a group. [1] Dating from the earliest of hijackings, most ...