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9/11 attack on Twin Towers of World Trade Center USA is the most terrifying aeroplane hijacking and terrorist attack we’ve ever seen and is the one the world will never forget. Killing around 3,000 people and resulting hundreds of injuries, the then leader of al-Qaeda Osama-bin-laden masterminded this dreadful attack. They hijacked the American Airlines Flight 11 and Flight 77, United Airlines Flight 175 and Flight 93 and crashed all of these into WTO Twin Towers on purpose.
The Guangzhou Baiyun airport collisions on Oct. 2, 1990, were caused by the hijacking of Xiamen Airlines Flight 8301. A man named Jiang Xiaofeng entered the cockpit and opened his jacket to reveal 15 pounds of explosives strapped to his chest. He asked the pilots to fly to Taiwan to seek political asylum. Running out of fuel, when the hijacked aircraft attempted to land at Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport, it collided with two others on the runway, causing 128 deaths.
EgyptAir Flight 648 hijacking is remembered as one of the bloodiest and most terrifying plane hijackings in the world. 3 Palestinian members of Abu Nidal Organization hijacked the plane when it was flying from Athens to Cairo. an Egyptian Security Service member shot one of the hijackers and was also killed in return. Firing started from both sides causing the plane punctured. Due to insufficient fuel, the plane was landed in Malta. The scene got much fiery and chaotic when Egyptian Commandos stormed the plane in which 56 of the remaining 88 passengers were killed.
During the Athens-Rome flight on June 14, 1985, the plane was hijacked by members of Hezbollah and Islamic Jihads. The terrorists were seeking the release of 700 Shi'ite Muslims from Israeli custody. The hijackers forced the plane to stop in Beirut in Lebanon, where they exchanged fuel with a number of hostages. Dozens of passengers were held hostage over the next two weeks until some of the terrorists' demands were met.
Pan Am Flight 73 was about to depart for Frankfurt from Karachi, and 4 members of Abu Nidal Organization, who are dressed as airport security guards hijacked the plane. As the plane grounded in the darkness without power, Pakistani forces attacked them, resulting in the death of 20 passengers. But many escaped as the flight purser Neerja Bhanot (22 years old) heroically helped them off the plane.
a military delegation led by a land force commander-in-chief of an African country was invited to visit China. They took the Vickers Viscount special plane to Beijing to attend commemoration activities on August 1. The plane was hijacked by a Chinese security department official, asking the pilot to fly the plane to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport. The pilot and other crew members finally subdued the hijacker and no one on the plane was hurt.
It’s on 23 June 1985, Air India Flight 182 got hijacked when it was flying over the Atlantic Ocean and it got blown up by a secretly planted bomb in the plane. According to the then director of Air India, he had been receiving a number of hijacking threats from some political groups. The crash resulted in the deaths of 329 people on board the flight.
Four militant Palestinians hijacked the Lufthansa Flight 181 in midair in 13th of October, 1977. With 86 passengers and 5 crew member aboard, the plane was destined from Palma de Mallorca to Frankfurt Lufthansa. Settled in Mogadishu and Operation Feuerzauber which was undertaken by GSG 9, a counter-terrorism group of West German, GSG 9 took a hostile raid of the plane and killed 2 hijackers, injuring 2 others, and saving all 86 passengers.
Malaysia Airlines Flight 653 was a scheduled domestic flight from Penang to Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia on Dec. 4, 1977. When the aircraft passed the Batu Arang, it was hijacked by a man who spoke Japanese. The plane finally crashed at Tanjung Kupang, Johor in Malaysia. All 93 passengers and 7 crew members were killed instantly. The details of the hijacking still remain unsolved.
On June 27, 1976, an Air France plane with 248 passengers on board was hijacked by members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and the German Revolutionary Cells. The terrorists released non-Jewish people in Libya, and then they flew to Entebbe, the main airport in Uganda. The local government supported the hijackers and held 103 hostages in the airport lounge.
9/11 attack on Twin Towers of World Trade Center USA is the most terrifying aeroplane hijacking and terrorist attack we’ve ever seen and is the one the world will never forget. Killing around 3,000 people and resulting hundreds of injuries, the then leader of al-Qaeda Osama-bin-laden masterminded this dreadful attack. They hijacked the American Airlines Flight 11 and Flight 77, United Airlines Flight 175 and Flight 93 and crashed all of these into WTO Twin Towers on purpose.
The Guangzhou Baiyun airport collisions on Oct. 2, 1990, were caused by the hijacking of Xiamen Airlines Flight 8301. A man named Jiang Xiaofeng entered the cockpit and opened his jacket to reveal 15 pounds of explosives strapped to his chest. He asked the pilots to fly to Taiwan to seek political asylum. Running out of fuel, when the hijacked aircraft attempted to land at Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport, it collided with two others on the runway, causing 128 deaths.
EgyptAir Flight 648 hijacking is remembered as one of the bloodiest and most terrifying plane hijackings in the world. 3 Palestinian members of Abu Nidal Organization hijacked the plane when it was flying from Athens to Cairo. an Egyptian Security Service member shot one of the hijackers and was also killed in return. Firing started from both sides causing the plane punctured. Due to insufficient fuel, the plane was landed in Malta. The scene got much fiery and chaotic when Egyptian Commandos stormed the plane in which 56 of the remaining 88 passengers were killed.
During the Athens-Rome flight on June 14, 1985, the plane was hijacked by members of Hezbollah and Islamic Jihads. The terrorists were seeking the release of 700 Shi'ite Muslims from Israeli custody. The hijackers forced the plane to stop in Beirut in Lebanon, where they exchanged fuel with a number of hostages. Dozens of passengers were held hostage over the next two weeks until some of the terrorists' demands were met.
Pan Am Flight 73 was about to depart for Frankfurt from Karachi, and 4 members of Abu Nidal Organization, who are dressed as airport security guards hijacked the plane. As the plane grounded in the darkness without power, Pakistani forces attacked them, resulting in the death of 20 passengers. But many escaped as the flight purser Neerja Bhanot (22 years old) heroically helped them off the plane.
a military delegation led by a land force commander-in-chief of an African country was invited to visit China. They took the Vickers Viscount special plane to Beijing to attend commemoration activities on August 1. The plane was hijacked by a Chinese security department official, asking the pilot to fly the plane to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport. The pilot and other crew members finally subdued the hijacker and no one on the plane was hurt.
It’s on 23 June 1985, Air India Flight 182 got hijacked when it was flying over the Atlantic Ocean and it got blown up by a secretly planted bomb in the plane. According to the then director of Air India, he had been receiving a number of hijacking threats from some political groups. The crash resulted in the deaths of 329 people on board the flight.
Four militant Palestinians hijacked the Lufthansa Flight 181 in midair in 13th of October, 1977. With 86 passengers and 5 crew member aboard, the plane was destined from Palma de Mallorca to Frankfurt Lufthansa. Settled in Mogadishu and Operation Feuerzauber which was undertaken by GSG 9, a counter-terrorism group of West German, GSG 9 took a hostile raid of the plane and killed 2 hijackers, injuring 2 others, and saving all 86 passengers.
Malaysia Airlines Flight 653 was a scheduled domestic flight from Penang to Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia on Dec. 4, 1977. When the aircraft passed the Batu Arang, it was hijacked by a man who spoke Japanese. The plane finally crashed at Tanjung Kupang, Johor in Malaysia. All 93 passengers and 7 crew members were killed instantly. The details of the hijacking still remain unsolved.
On June 27, 1976, an Air France plane with 248 passengers on board was hijacked by members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and the German Revolutionary Cells. The terrorists released non-Jewish people in Libya, and then they flew to Entebbe, the main airport in Uganda. The local government supported the hijackers and held 103 hostages in the airport lounge.
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