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.
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