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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.
- List of aircraft hijackings
Most of the hijackers were the crew of all three aircraft....
- Lufthansa Flight 181
Lufthansa Flight 181 was a Boeing 737-230C jetliner (reg....
- Category:Aircraft hijackings
1977 Aeroflot Tupolev Tu-134 hijacking; Aeroméxico Flight...
- List of aircraft hijackings
List of Cuba–United States aircraft hijackings. Cuba is 90 miles (145 kilometres) south of Florida in the United States. Aircraft hijacking incidents between the United States and Cuba were at their height between 1968 and 1972. These incidents have variously been attributed to terrorism, extortion, flight for political asylum, mental illness ...
Hijacking, the illegal seizure of a land vehicle, aircraft, or other conveyance while it is in transit. Although since the late 20th century hijacking most frequently involved the seizure of an airplane and its forcible diversion to destinations chosen by the air pirates, when the term was coined.
- John Philip Jenkins
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.
