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NEWS ABOUT: plane hijacking

plane hijacking stories: 11 news summaries

(Newser) - A single hijacker took control of a jet out of Cancun with more than 100 people aboard before forcing it to land in Mexico City and freeing the passengers, CNN reports. Mexican authorities have detained the Bolivian hijacker, who falsely claimed to have a bomb and demanded to see Mexican... More »

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Mexico City • Mexico • Felipe Calderon • Bolivia • hijack • plane hijacking

(Newser) - The only person convicted in the 1988 bombing of a Pan Am flight over Lockerbie, Scotland, has been released on compassionate grounds and will return to Libya, reports the BBC. Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi was sentenced to life for the murder of 270 people, but he is suffering from prostate cancer... More »

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terrorism • Scotland • Libya • bombing • clemency • parole • Lockerbie • plane hijacking • Pan Am Flight 103 • Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi

Drunk 'Hijacker' Arrested After Making Bomb Threat

Man subdued by other passengers during flight from Turkey to Russia

Oct 15, 08 2:57 PM CDT
(Newser) - A man claiming to have explosives was foiled in an attempt to hijack a Turkish Airlines plane today, the BBC reports. The man, who was drunk, handed an attendant a note saying he had a bomb, then tried to force his way to the cockpit, but was overpowered by passengers.... More »

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Turkey • alcohol • crime • alcohol abuse • hijacker • plane hijacking • hijacking

 Cops Yank 
 Terror Suspects 
 off KLM Flight 

Two arrested onboard at Cologne airport

Sep 26, 08 4:56 AM CDT
(AP) - German police commandos may have averted a terrorist attack early today when they grabbed two suspects off an Amsterdam-bound flight before the plane took off from Cologne airport, reports AP. The pair had been under observation for months and a suicide note was found in their apartment saying they wanted... More »

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terrorism • Germany • terrorist • Cologne • hijacker • Air France KLM Group • airplane • suspected terrorists • plane hijacking

 Sudanese Hijackers Surrender

All passengers freed, 2 men arrested

Aug 27, 08 11:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - The hijackers of a Sudanese flight from Darfur surrendered to authorities in Libya today after releasing all 95 passengers. The two men gave no motive, but asked for refugee status in France, Reuters reports. The pilot said the suspects are from the Sudanese Liberation Movement, a charge the group's leader... More »

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Darfur • Sudan • Libya • hijacker • plane hijacking • Sudan Liberation Movement • Abdel Wahed Mohammed al-Nur

 Hijackers Free
 87 Hostages in Libya

Continue to hold crew after commandeering jetliner in Sudan

Aug 27, 08 7:29 AM CDT
(AP) - Hijackers began releasing the 87 passengers today at a remote desert airfield in southern Libya, reports the AP, a day after they took control of a Sudanese 737 jetliner as it took off from Darfur. The hijackers continued to hold eight crewmembers. Sudan officials called the hijacking an "irresponsible... More »

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Middle East • Sudan • France • Libya • plane hijacking • Sudan Liberation Movement

Hijacked Sudan Airliner on the Ground in Libya

Former Darfur rebels among 102 still aboard as talks continue

Aug 26, 08 3:14 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Sudanese flight hijacked today after lifting off from a Darfur airport has landed in Libya, the AFP reports. Authorities are still negotiating with hijackers; three former members of a rebel group are said to be among 102 on board. Yesterday, the UN reported 33 dead after a clash between... More »

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Darfur • Sudan • Libya • refugee • rebels • plane hijacking

Charges Dropped Against '20th Hijacker'

Case against other accused 9/11 planners will go forward

May 13, 08 3:49 PM CDT
(Newser) - The US has dropped charges against Mohammed al-Qahtani, who allegedly planned to be the “20th hijacker” in the 9/11 attacks, Reuters reports. The US military tribunal at Guantanamo Bay rejected the charges against Qahtani “without prejudice,” meaning that the Saudi citizen may yet face prosecution. The charges... More »

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Pentagon • terrorism • military tribunal • September 11 • Guantanamo Bay • Khalid Sheikh Mohammed • hijacker • Guantanamo prisoners • plane hijacking • Mohammed al-Qahtani

Parachute Didn't Belong
to DB Cooper, FBI Says

Agents say newly found chute wasn't used by legendary hijacker

Apr 1, 08 9:37 PM CDT
(Newser) - The FBI says a parachute found along a dirt road in Washington state didn’t belong to legendary hijacker DB Cooper, AP reports. After talking to parachute experts and examining the site, agents concluded that the chute wasn’t used in the nation’s only unsolved hijacking. Cooper made away... More »

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FBI • Washington • Seattle • cold cases • plane hijacking

 DB Cooper's Parachute? 

FBI studying chute possibly used by hijacker, found by kids in a field

Mar 25, 08 10:46 PM CDT
(Newser) - A parachute possibly used by legendary hijacker DB Cooper has been found by children playing in a field in Washington state, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports. The FBI is analyzing the chute to determine whether Cooper used it to jump out of a plane with $200,000 in 1971—the nation's... More »

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FBI • Washington • Seattle • cold cases • plane hijacking • parachute • D.B, Cooper

Chinese Say They Foiled 2 Terror Plots

Hijack attempt blocked while earlier raid stopped Olympic attack

Mar 9, 08 1:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - China has thwarted two terror attacks, a top official revealed today, including an attempted plane hijacking on Friday and a January raid that captured and killed terrorists aiming to "sabotage" the Beijing Olympics, reports CNN. Both incidents were linked to regional separatists whose “goal was very clear,”... More »

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China • terrorism • terror plots • 2008 Beijing Olympics • counterterrorism • terrorist • hijack • East Turkestan Islamic Movement • plane hijacking • hijacking

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