The Harrowing Story of FedEx Flight 705
Youssef Yahya
On April 7, 1994, Federal Express (FedEx) Flight 705 departed from Memphis International Airport (MEM), Tennessee, bound for Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport (SJC), California. Operated by a…
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28 Years Ago: The Hijacked Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961
On November 23, 1996, Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961, a scheduled international flight, embarked on a journey meant to connect Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to Nairobi, Kenya, and eventually reach Abidjan, Ivory…
How Pilots Use Transponder Codes to Signal Hijackings and Other Crises?
How can pilots give a sign to the air traffic controllers if a plane has been hijacked? Today we will talk about the special transponder codes. First of all, what…
The story of America’s only ever unsolved hijacking
Sam Jakobi
On the afternoon of November 24th, 1971, a man under the name of Dan Cooper hijacked a Northwest Airlines Boeing 727 flying between Portland and Seattle. The Hijacking today remains…
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