airplane hijacking

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Netanyahu’s own brother, Yonatan, led an elite commando squad that successfully rescued 98 hostages from an airplane hijacking in Entebbe, Uganda, in 1976.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 4, 2023

The first airplane hijacking happened in 1931 in Peru.

From Salon • Jul. 23, 2022

Cooper Filmmaker John Dower’s new documentary explores the only still-unsolved airplane hijacking in U.S. history, a saga that continues to inspire wild speculation about the identity of the perpetrator 50 years later.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 24, 2020