List of aircraft hijackings - Wikipedia
WEBMay 14, 1928: The first hijacking of an airplane in the United States occurred on the afternoon of this day, when a 28-year-old pilot named Harry W. Anderson was brutally attacked with a ball-peen hammer by his sole passenger, 18-year-old Clarence René Frechette, in an apparent suicide attempt.
American Airlines Flight 11 - Wikipedia
WEBAmerican Airlines Flight 11 was a domestic passenger flight that was hijacked by five al-Qaeda terrorists on the morning of September 11, 2001, as part of the September 11 attacks.
Flight 93 ‑ Hijackers, Passengers & Crash - HISTORY
WEBNov 9, 2010 · Flight 93 is one of four planes that were hijacked as part of a deadly and destructive terrorist plot against the U.S. on September 11.
Aircraft hijacking - Wikipedia
WEBAircraft 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 …
Who Were the 9/11 Hijackers? Here are the 19 Al-Qaeda Members
WEBSep 11, 2020 · The 19 Al-Qaeda members hijacked four planes. Two were crashed into the two towers of the World Trade Center in New York City. A third plane smashed into the Pentagon (the headquarters of...
How United Flight 93 Passengers Fought Back on 9/11
WEBSep 8, 2020 · On the morning of September 11, four terrorists boarded United Airlines Flight 93 at Newark International Airport: Ziad Jarrah, a trained pilot; and three others, who were trained in unarmed...
A Brief History of Airplane Hijackings, From the Cold War to D.B ...
WEBJul 18, 2022 · Armed revolutionaries approached the grounded plane of pilot Byron Richards and demanded that he fly them over Lima so they could drop propaganda leaflets. Richards refused, and a ten-day...
TWA85: 'The world's longest and most spectacular hijacking' - BBC
WEBOct 26, 2019 · At 01:30 on Friday, 31 October 1969, TWA flight 85 left Los Angeles for San Francisco. Fifteen minutes into the flight, the hijack began.
9/11 Timeline ‑ Videos, World Trade Center Attacks | HISTORY
WEBJun 21, 2011 · In September 2001, al-Qaida terrorists hijacked three passenger planes and carried out coordinated suicide attacks against the World Trade Center in New York City and the Pentagon in...
Five notorious plane hijackings that time will never forget
WEB1 day ago · EgyptAir Flight 648 – November 23, 1985. On November 23, 1985, passengers and crew on a flight from Athens to Cairo would become the center of one of the bloodiest plane hijackings in aviation history. Shortly after departing Athens International Airport (ATH), three men armed with guns and grenades took control of the Boeing 737-200.
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