aircraft hijacking theme
One or more people unlawfully seize control of an aircraft, typically for the purpose of extortion or terrorism.
Examples
In talesoftheunexpected4x17 "Hijack", a lone aircraft passenger barricades himself mid-flight with a stewardess in the lavatory and threatens to set off an explosive unless he gets a million dollars and leave to parachute to safety at a suitable location.
7 total · 2 major · 5 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| talesoftheunexpected4x17 | major | The pilots and crew of a passenger plane faked a hijacking. |
| tz2019e1x02 | major | There was talk of terrorists targeting the flight, and in the end some disgruntled ex-pilot hijacked it for reasons not quite explained. |
| movie: Escape from LA (1996) | minor | Snake was shown video footage of the President's daughter hijacking the government plane Air Force Three and made a demand that people rise up and demand an end to her father's regime. |
| movie: Escape from New York (1981) | minor | A group of revolutionaries hijacked the U.S. President’s airplane and flew it into a Manhattan building. |
| movie: Millennium (1989) | minor | Young Bill Smith was aboard a 1963 flight that a mental patient attempted to hijack. |
| movie: Thrill Seekers (1999) | minor | Tom hijacked the passenger plan he was on to stop it from colliding with another plane in mid-air. |
| movie: Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988) | minor | There was talk about Shiite terrorists hijacking a plane. |