Bibliograph

The hijacking of American Flight 119, how D.B. Cooper inspired a skyjacking craze and the FBI's battle to stop it, John Wigger

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The hijacking of American Flight 119, how D.B. Cooper inspired a skyjacking craze and the FBI's battle to stop it, John Wigger

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-271) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The hijacking of American Flight 119

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

John Wigger

Sub title

how D.B. Cooper inspired a skyjacking craze and the FBI's battle to stop it

Summary

"In The Hijacking of American Flight 119, John Wigger explores the wave of hijackings that swept over commercial flight between 1961 and 1972. One hijacker ran across the ramp in Reno, Nevada with a pillowcase over his head, gun in hand, to seize a United Airlines flight. Another collected a large ransom in Washington, D.C. before jumping over Honduras. Yet another rode a bicycle across the tarmac with a rifle strapped to the handlebars. Motivations involved an admixture of ideology, greed, derring-do, and a desperate need to be somebody. What they had in common was that their exploits transfixed the nation's attention, bringing about a transformation in airline security that remains with us still"--, Provided by publisher

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Hijacking of american flight one hundred nineteen

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