From Scary to Absurd: Airplane Hijackings Over the Decades

You would think that having the nerve to hijack a multimillion-dollar aircraft filled with passengers flying thousands of feet in the air would take serious skill, planning, and intelligence. But that’s not always the case. Of course, there have been some grave hijackings, like the obvious 9/11 attack.

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And then there are the less well-known and more obscene hijackings. This is a list of the most notorious hijackings in aircraft history. Some are frightening, some are absurd, and some are borderline funny, but all of them are so crazy that you’re gonna think about them while waiting in the security line for your next flight.

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