skyjacker

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Abroad, he represented dissidents in Iran, Chile, the Philippines and Taiwan, and skyjackers in the Soviet Union.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 10, 2021

After the epidemic ended in 1973, what folks tended to remember most about the skyjackers was their futility.

From New York Times • Jun. 26, 2013

Most of these skyjackers were quickly disabused of this fantasy, perhaps none quite as famously as Anthony Bryant.

From Slate • Jun. 7, 2013

The Story: Like many of his fellow skyjackers, 49-year-old Arthur Gates Barkley was motivated by a complicated grievance against the federal government.

From Slate • Jun. 6, 2013

By demanding freedom for the same prisoners whose release was being sought by Schleyer's abductors, the skyjackers have�in the words of a German official�"enormously complicated an already difficult situation."

From Time Magazine Archive