It seems hard to imagine now, but in the 1960s and 1970s, huge numbers of scheduled airflights were hijacked, most of them by lone nutters armed to the teeth.

Eric Ulis, a citizen investigator who sued the FBI for access to the case’s files and evidence, claims the man behind the November 24, 1971, mystery was  Vince Petersen from Pittsburg.

A would-be hijacker shot and killed by Bangladesh commandos was carrying a fake gun and told negotiators he wanted to commandeer a Dubai-bound flight because he had troubles with his wife, officials said Monday. The 25-year-old was shot and later died of his wounds after taking a crew member hostage on the Biman Airlines jet, […]

Bangladesh commandos stormed a passenger jet in the country’s southeast Sunday and shot dead an armed man who allegedly tried to hijack the Dubai-bound flight, an army official said. The suspect, described by officials as a Bangladeshi man in his mid 20s, was shot as special forces rushed the Boeing 737-800 plane after it landed […]

Audio has emerged of an extraordinary conversation between a “suicidal” airline employee who stole a passenger plane and air traffic controllers trying to guide him back down.

The perpetrators did not make any demands — not even after they surrendered, authorities said.

Ben Innes covered up an ITV news camera trying to film him at Manchester Airport as he arrived back in the UK yesterday and allegedly snatched the camerawoman’s phone.

Ben Innes, 26, from Leeds. posed for the photo with Seif Eldin Mustafa, who hijacked EgyptAir MS181 enroute to Cairo and forced it to fly to Cyprus, while being held hostage on the passenger jet.