World's top 10 most dangerous air hijacks

New Delhi: Aircraft hijackings have almost come to an end after countries across the world have tightened security checks at major airports. A time there was, during the Sixties, Seventies and Eighties when airlines hijacking was rampant, and it reached its zenith during the 9/11 World Trade Centre bombings.Here is a list of ten most dangerous air hijacks in world history:1. El Al Flight- 426- July 23, 1968On July 23, 1968 the plane was diverted to Algiers. Twelve passengers and a crew of ten members were held as hostages. Ten women and children were released after a weeklong. This attack was made due to a demand to release of 16 convicted Arab terrorist. After few weeks every hostage was released in exchange of the 16 terrorist. The hijackers were the member of PFLP (Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine) group.2. Dawson Field Hijackings- September 6, 1970 On September 6, 1970 five jet planes were hijacked by the PFLP (Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine) group and had around 310 people as hostages. PFLP kept 56 Jewish people as hostages and released non-Jews. They blew up the empty planes with explosives. The remaining hostages were released in exchange of three PLFP members and Khaled.3. D. B. Cooper Hijack – November 24, 1971This hijack remains an unsolved case till date. The hijacker was D.B cooper, who is known as mystery man. Cooper hijacked the Boeing 727 aircraft on November 24, 1971.Cooper has not been identified till date, he took an air ticket in the false name as Dan Cooper. He took a ransom amount of $200,000 and escaped to an unknown place through a parachute. So far nor the money neither the man is recovered. There were around 36 passengers and 6 crew members and all survived the hijack. 4. Atlas Jet Airline Flight hijackAn Atlas Airplane was hijacked when it was ready to take off. Two men forced into the cockpit of the plane claiming themselves as the members of Al-Qeada and threatened the crew members and passengers to blow up the plane with a bomb. There were about 6 crew members and 136 passengers. The pilot pretended for the need of fuel and took an immediate landing in Antalya. The police took control of the situation, while crew members and passengers escaped through windows and doors, the attackers had no choice other than to surrender themselves.5. Egypt Air Flight 648- November 23, 1985On November 23, 1985, a group from Abu Nidal organization attacked the flight right 10 minutes after the take off.Due to firing inside the flight, fuselage was punctured, causing a lot depressurize. As a result of lack of fuel the destination of the attackers changed from Libya to Malta.6. Air India Flight 182- June 23, 1985 On 23 June 1985, the plane was blown up by a bomb and was crashed into the Atlantic Ocean. Almost 329 people lost their lives in the accident.Among the 329 people, there were 280 Canadians, 27 British citizens and 22 Indians. There were no survivors of this attack as the plane was blown out.7. Iraqi Airways Flight 163- December 25,1986On 25th December of 1986 Iraqi Airways Flight 163 was hijacked by four men. A hand grenade exploded in the cockpit causing the plane to crash near Arar, Saudi Arabia.There were about 106 people on board, among them 60 passengers and 3 crew members died.8. Pan Am Flight 73- 1986Around 20 passengers were killed in this hijack. A group of men, dressed in the form of security attacked the Pan Am Flight.The hijackers were a part of Palestinian Abu Nidal terrorist organization. 9. Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961- November 23, 1996On November 23, 1996 three Ethiopians hijacked the plane, which crash-landed in the Indian Ocean. Hijackers demanded a ransom and threatened to blow up the flight if their demands were not met.Here The flight ran out of fuel, and in spite of the pilots warnings the attackers demanded not to stop. The pilot could not locate the place to land the plane and crashed it into the ocean. 10. September 11, 2001 attack:The attack on Twin Towers of World Trade Center on September 11, 2001 will never be forgotten. Around 2,996 people died and many were injured in the attack.The attack was caused by the then leader of al-Qaeda Osama-bin-laden. These extremists hijacked American Airlines Flight 11, United Airlines Flight 175, American Airlines Flight 77, and United Airlines Flight 93 and crashed all of these into the Twin Towers of World Trade Center, Pentagon building, and Stonycreek Township.