scientific fact#42 indian plane hijack 1993

1993:Two separate hijackings of Insian airlines aircraft toAmritsar Punjab, India in the month of April. In the first case the hijacker was talked into surrendering; in the second, the Commandos stormed in and killed the sole hijacker. The Amritsar Deputy Commissioner Karan Bir Singh Sidhu was conferred the Convoy Safe Skies Award

scientific fact#41 Russian plane hi jack

1995: Russian cargo jet flying from Tirana to Kabul was forced to land in Kandahar by Taliban forces. Jet's crew had been held in a captivity until escape in 1996https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyc3RqMnceRIJeoUGAzt-DlQrEZCq5cxyVwX_VqWZctflCt2-ADw-2JpRbkkZ0_x81m8DYHt1CbTgmjQHuYQBbBR_C5nFx1V3lGj2tREgNBZx9njH62WrA6qARppddouUefZX_rDjGdEqA/s320/PLANE+HIJACKER.jpg

scientifis fact#41 indian plane hijack

1999-2000: Pakistan-based terrorists hijack indian airlines flight 814 en route from kathmandu and divert it toh Amritsar,Laor dubai and finally kandhahar After a week-long stand-off India agrees to release three jailed Pakistani terrorists in exchange for the hostages. 1 hostage was stabbed to death and his body thrown on the tarmac as a "warning attac

scientific fact#40 2011 hijacking

2010s

• January 2011:Turkish airline flight 1754 flying from Osla to Istanbul was in Bulgarian airspace when, allegedly, an unsuccessful attempt was made to hijack it. The suspect allegedly said that he had a bomb and that he would blow up the aircraft unless the plane returned to Norway. Some passengers overpowered the hijacker and the flight safely landed atAtutark international airport at 9:30 p.m after the pilot notified emergency service. All 60 passengers and seven crew got off the aircraft; none were injured during the incident. The suspect was arrested.

scientific fact#39 Rome plane hijack

• April 2011: an attempt was made to hijack Alitalia Flight 329, en-route from Charles De Gaulle airportfrance peristo fiumicino airport rome and divert it to Tripoli International airport The hijacker, reported to be an advisor to the kazakhstan delegation to UNESCO was subdued by cabin crew and other passengers. He was arrested and taken into custody after the aircraft made a safe landing at Rome.

2001.....:american airlines flight 11 ,united airlines flight 175, american airline sflight 77, united airlines flight 93 were hijacked on the morning of September 11 by al-qeada affiliatedislamic extreamic Two planes were deliberately crashed into the twin towers of the World Trade Center, one was crashed into the Pentagon and one crashed into a field in Pennsylvania. Both towers of The World Trade Center collapsed; in total 2,976 victims and 19 hijackers were killed and over 6000 people were injure