Posts Tagged ‘hijackings’
 

 
Austrian Airlines restarted international flights with this Airbus A310, OE-LAA New York, from Vienna to JFK in 1989. (Photo by Joe Pries)

March 26th in Aviation History: Austrian Airlines Resumes International Flights After Two Decade Hiatus

Happy Birthday to the late Swissair! Austrian Airlines resumes international service, an Arrow Air DC-10 drops some engine parts, Comair pilots launch an 89-day strike, and more...
by NYCAviation Staff

 
 

On This Day in Aviation History: September 9th

In 1970, a BOAC VC-10 is hijacked and flown to Jordan, joining 4 other hijacked aircraft; Orville Wright makes a 1-hour flight in 1908; Two Tupolev aircraft collide in 1994 and an Allegheny DC-9 collides with a Piper over Fairl...
by Phil Derner Jr.

 
 

On This Day in Aviation History: October 15th

Today marks a number of aeronautical milestones: The first balloon flight, the first French airmail flight, the first nonstop flight across the South Atlantic, the first transatlantic flight by an airship, birthdays celebrated ...
by admin

 

 

On This Day in Aviation History: December 24th

New York's Idlewild Airport is renamed to honor the recently assassinated President John F. Kennedy, Indian Airlines Flight 814 and Air France Flight 8969 are hijacked, LANSA Flight 508 crashes with a girl surviving the 2-mile ...
by Phil Derner Jr.
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Bolivian Pastor Sentenced to 7 Years in Prison for 2009 Aeromexico Hijacking

Mexican authorities on Thursday announced that a Bolivian pastor was sentenced to over seven years in prison for the hijacking of Aeromexico Flight 576 in 2009.
by BNO News
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