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| Apr.5 |
 Somalia |
 French navy pursues hijacked yacht| A navy vessel is in pursuit of a luxury 87-meter three-masted yacht which pirates seized off the coast of Somalia a day earlier | |
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| Mar.5 |
 China |
 China hijacker takes Australians hostage| A hijacker armed with explosives took 10 tourists hostage on a bus in northwest China, before police shot him dead | |
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| Sep.28 |
 Colombia |
Farc woman steals plane to desert  An armed female member of Colombia's Farc rebel group hijacked a small plane to escape her "tortuous life" with the guerrillas
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| Aug.23 |
Somalia |
 Pirates free crew, ransom paid The pirates released the crew of a hijacked Danish cargo ship Danica White after receiving a ransom payment
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| Aug.18 |
 Turkey |
Jet hijack ends peacefully  Map of Antalya Turkey| 2 men who hijacked a Turkish passenger jet have surrendered after releasing the passengers and crew they had been holding hostage | | |
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| Dec.28 |
 Czech Republic |
 'Hijack' drama on Russian plane A passenger plane has made a landing after a man tried to enter the cockpit, saying he had an explosive device
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'Plot to blow up planes' foiled
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| Dec.15 |
 Greece |
Bus Hijack Siege Ends, Gunmen Surrender| All 23 passengers were safely freed and two Albanian gunmen who had demanded a $1 million ransom surrendered | |
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| Aug.24 |
Russia |
Report: Hijack alarm before crash A hijacking alarm was activated on one of two passenger jetliners. 94 passengers and crew were aboard
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| May.22 |
 England |
Afghans win hijack appeal The 9 men found guilty of hijacking an airliner and flying it to Stansted Airport have had their convictions quashed
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| May.21 |
 Saudi Arabia |
 3 arrested in hijack plot Al Qaeda members were planning to hijack a passenger plane and crash it into a building in Jeddah
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| Apr.11 |
 Cuba |
Ferry hijackers executed 3 men were convicted of hijacking a passenger ferry to sail to the U.S.
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 Berlin |
Police free bus hostages 5-hour drama ended when police stormed a bus and freed 2 people being held by an armed bank robber
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| Apr.4 |
Cuba |
 Castro visits hijacked ferry site In the port of Mariel at least 30 people are being held hostage aboard a ferry tethered about 30 feet from the dock
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| Apr.1 |
 Florida |
Plane hijacked in Cuba lands in Key West Two F-15 Eagles were scrambled to intercept the plane. The hijacker is carrying two grenades
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| Mar.28 |
Greece |
Turkish hijack ends peacefully
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Greece |
Turkish passenger plane hijacked A plane hijacked after it left Istanbul has landed in Athens. Fjackers were demanding that the plane fly to Germany
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| Mar.19 |
Florida |
Cuban airliner lands under U.S. escort DC-3 with 35 people landed in Key West. Cuban officials suspected the plane was hijacked
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| Oct.15 |
Sudan |
Hijack attempt foiled
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| Sep.9 |
Seychelles |
Knifeman overpowered on flight
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| Sep.2 |
 Sweden |
 Hijack suspect charged Kerim Sadok Chatty, 29, a Tunisian -born Swede, has been charged with attempting to hijack and sabotage an aircraft or airport
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| Aug.29 |
Sweden |
'Hijacker' foiled 29-year-old man being caught trying to board the Ryanair plane with a gun
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Libya offers $2.7bn to Lockerbie families
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Terror attacks hit U.S.
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| Apr.28 |
Ethiopia |
Hijack victims arrive home
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| Apr.27 |
Ethiopia |
Ethiopia wants hijackers back
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| Apr.26 |
 Sudan |
 Hijackers surrender Hijackers forced Ethiopian plane to land in Sudan, surrendered to Sudanese authorities and released their hostages
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| Mar.16 |
Russia |
Russia seeks hijack extraditions
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Saudi Arabia |
3 die as jet hijack ends Security forces stormed a Russian plane hijacked by Chechens. Dead were a ijacker, a passenger and a flight attendant
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| Mar.15 |
Saudi Arabia |
Hijackers demand end war
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Saudi Arabia |
Hijack plane lands in Saudi A Russian passenger plane hijacked after takeoff from Turkey. Kremlin is assuming the Kidnappers are from Chechnya
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| Jan.30 |
Colombia |
Hijacker overpowered Crew & passengers overpower hijacker. 23 passengers and 4 crewmembers were unharmed
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| Jan.23 |
Yemen |
U.S. envoy escapes hijack
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| Feb.6 |
England |
Hijackers seize Afghan plane| Hijackers reported to be demanding the release of a key opposition figure imprisoned by Taliban authorities | | |
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