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Mar 12, 2024 · Airplane hijacking is also known as skyjacking. The first reported case of such hijacking occurred in Peru in 1931. The first aerial hijacking in Asia occurred in 1948 on a flight bound from Macau to Hong Kong; all 25 people aboard were killed when the airplane crashed into the Pacific Ocean.
- John Philip Jenkins
6 days ago · Following Schlesinger's instructions, P-3 Orion aircraft stationed at Naval Air Station (NAS) Cubi Point in the Philippines and at U-Tapao Royal Thai Navy Airfield in Thailand took off to locate Mayaguez. The aircraft carrier USS Coral Sea, then en route to Australia, was ordered into the area.
- 12–15 May 1975
- Koh Tang, Kampuchea
- Successful release of SS Mayaguez and crew
3 days ago · On 7 March 1983, Balkan Bulgarian Airlines Flight 013 is hijacked by four men who demand the aircraft be diverted to Vienna, Austria, but the pilots fly the aircraft over the Black Sea in circles and land at Varna Airport. Commandos arrest three hijackers and kill one who threatens a flight attendant.
Mar 11, 2024 · On the morning of June 14, 1985, Flight 847 was hijacked shortly after take off from Athens. [2] [3] The hijackers demanded the release of 700 Shia Muslims from Israeli custody and took the plane repeatedly to Beirut and Algiers. [1] . Later Western analysis considered them members of the Hezbollah group, an allegation Hezbollah rejects.
Mar 8, 2024 · The disappearance of a modern commercial plane — and the 239 passengers and crew on board — has baffled experts, sparked wild conspiracy theories and triggered one of the largest searches in...
Mar 1, 2024 · Pan Am flight 103, flight of a passenger airliner operated by Pan American World Airways (Pan Am) that exploded over Lockerbie, Scotland, on December 21, 1988, after a bomb was detonated. All 259 people on board were killed, and 11 individuals on the ground also died.
Mar 8, 2024 · Air India Flight 182 disaster, passenger jet explosion off the coast of Ireland on June 23, 1985, that claimed the lives of all 329 passengers and crew members. Sikh extremists were accused of sabotaging the Air India aircraft, and one suspect was convicted in 2003. Flight 182 was en route from Toronto to London, continuing to Bombay (now Mumbai ).