Accidents and Incidents/Hijacking
Hijacking
Aviation Accidents and Incidents related to the story of MH370
One of several possible scenarios for the diversion of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 is an attempted hijack. Successful to the extent that the aircraft was diverted from its' planned flight route; unsuccessful because it did not land, and crashed in the southern Indian Ocean.
There were many aircraft hijackings prior to September 11, 2001. Pilots and crew were generally compliant with hijackers' demands in accordance with their company policies. That all changed after 9/11. Cockpit or Flight Deck doors in large passenger aircraft were strengthened and were expected to remain locked. Few hijackings have occurred since 9/11.
14 June 1985 TWA Flight 847 (1985) was a regularly scheduled Trans World Airlines flight from Cairo to San Diego with en route stops in Athens, Rome, Boston, and Los Angeles.[1] On the morning of June 14, 1985, Flight 847 was hijacked soon after take off from Athens.[2][3] The hijackers demanded the release of 700 Shia Muslims from Israeli custody and took the plane repeatedly to Beirut and Algiers.[1] Later Western analysis considered them members of the Hezbollah group, an allegation Hezbollah rejects.
Singer Demis Roussos was among the passengers of TWA Flight 847. After five days, he was released along with four other Greek passengers. Other passengers remained hostage for 17 days.
3 October 2006 Turkish Airlines Flight 1476.
29 June 2012 Tianjin Airlines Flight 7554
Tianjin Airlines Flight 7554 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight between Hotan and Ürümqi in China's Xinjiang Autonomous Region.[1] On 29 June 2012, an Embraer E190 operating the flight, took off from Hotan at 12:25 pm; within ten minutes, six ethnic Uyghur men, one of whom allegedly professed his motivation as jihad, announced their intent to hijack the aircraft, according to multiple witnesses. In response, passengers and crew resisted and successfully restrained the hijackers, who were armed with aluminium crutches and explosives.
17 February 2014 Ethiopian Airlines Flight 702
Flight 702 was scheduled to depart from Addis Ababa Bole International Airport in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, at 00:30 EAT (UTC+3) on 17 February 2014.[4] The aircraft's transponder began to emit squawk 7500 — the international code for an aircraft hijacking — while flying north over Sudan.[5] When the pilot exited the cockpit to use the restroom, the co-pilot locked the cockpit door and continued to fly the aircraft.
List of aircraft hijackings Wikipedia