Most aircraft hijackings are committed to use the passengers as hostages.

One way to put pressure on Cubana was to induce aircraft hijackings.

Prior to the 1970s American airports had minimal security arrangements to prevent aircraft hijackings.

All of them have received highly specialized training for dealing with special situations such as aircraft hijackings and hostage taking.

In the early 80's, prompted by concern about aircraft hijackings and other terrorism, Washington tried to make taggants mandatory.

See List of Cuba - United States aircraft hijackings for more information.

Also scenarios of aircraft hijackings, which occurred during Rao's time ended without the government conceding the terrorists' demands.

We reiterate our determination to contribute to reinforcing internationally agreed measures for protection against aircraft hijackings and sabotage.

The U.S. government thus crafted policies toward Cuba that led to frequent aircraft hijackings.

During that flight Alejandro threatened the pilot by telling him that he had explosives (one of the first aircraft hijackings).

A spate of aircraft hijackings led Congress in 1984 to enact a law making it a crime to attack Americans anywhere in the world.

Pan Am aircraft were involved in numerous accidents and incidents, including a number of aircraft hijackings and terrorist attacks.

I used the index of the New York Times on microfilm to look up the airports where aircraft hijackings had originated and ended.

The revised practices prevented deaths, particularly during the 1988 Ordzhonikidze bus hijacking and the 1990 Soviet aircraft hijackings.

The PFLP is well known for pioneering armed aircraft hijackings in the late '60s and early '70s.

On 23 November 1985, Luqa Airport was the scene of one of the deadliest aircraft hijackings in aviation history.

Based in Hammamet, they have responsibility for CT operations at government and diplomatic buildings, aircraft hijackings and maritime situations.

Last spring, Deputy Aviation Minister Mikhail Timofeyev said there had been 50 attempted aircraft hijackings in the country since 1973.

Yahoo added a raft of categories to its directory to reflect a changed world, including Aircraft Hijacking, Children and Traumatic Events, and Armageddon.

- Criticism of the intention to give air traffic controllers extra responsibilities, relating to ‘unexpected crisis situations (for example, aircraft hijackings, bomb threats)’, which go beyond their normal duties.

Bombings, arson and other sabotage of Cubana's offices in Mexico, Canada and Western Europe also occurred occasionally, beyond aircraft hijackings.

Through the late 1960s and early 1970s a sustained period of aircraft hijackings between Cuba and the US by citizens of both nations led to a need for cooperation.

The PFLP gained notoriety in the late 1960s and early 1970s for a series of armed attacks and aircraft hijackings, including on non-Israeli targets:

Between 1969 and 1982, Berlin Tegel was the destination of several aircraft hijackings involving LOT Polish Airlines domestic flights within Poland.

A 'sky marshal' (also known as 'air marshal' or 'flight marshal') is an undercover law enforcement or security officer on board a commercial aircraft to counter aircraft hijackings.