Read more plane hijacking stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/25750/plane-hijacking.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 10:20:31 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/68989/mexican-hijacking-over-suspect-in-custody.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA single hijacker took control of a jet out of Cancun with more than 100 people aboard before forcing it to land in Mexico City and freeing the passengers, CNN reports. Mexican authorities have detained the Bolivian hijacker, who falsely claimed to have a bomb and demanded to see Mexican...http://www.newser.com/story/68989/mexican-hijacking-over-suspect-in-custody.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 09 Sep 2009 14:53:48 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67363/scotland-defies-us-releases-lockerbie-bomber.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe only person convicted in the 1988 bombing of a Pan Am flight over Lockerbie, Scotland, has been released on compassionate grounds and will return to Libya, reports the BBC. Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi was sentenced to life for the murder of 270 people, but he is suffering from prostate cancer...http://www.newser.com/story/67363/scotland-defies-us-releases-lockerbie-bomber.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 20 Aug 2009 7:51:55 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/40050/drunk-hijacker-arrested-after-making-bomb-threat.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA man claiming to have explosives was foiled in an attempt to hijack a Turkish Airlines plane today, the BBC reports. The man, who was drunk, handed an attendant a note saying he had a bomb, then tried to force his way to the cockpit, but was overpowered by passengers....http://www.newser.com/story/40050/drunk-hijacker-arrested-after-making-bomb-threat.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 15 Oct 2008 14:57:07 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/38463/cops-yank-terror-suspects-off-klm-flight.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagGerman police commandos may have averted a terrorist attack early today when they grabbed two suspects off an Amsterdam-bound flight before the plane took off from Cologne airport, reports AP. The pair had been under observation for months and a suicide note was found in their apartment saying they wanted...http://www.newser.com/story/38463/cops-yank-terror-suspects-off-klm-flight.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 26 Sep 2008 4:56:56 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/35966/sudanese-hijackers-surrender.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe hijackers of a Sudanese flight from Darfur surrendered to authorities in Libya today after releasing all 95 passengers. The two men gave no motive, but asked for refugee status in France, Reuters reports. The pilot said the suspects are from the Sudanese Liberation Movement, a charge the group's leader...http://www.newser.com/story/35966/sudanese-hijackers-surrender.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 27 Aug 2008 11:45:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/35939/hijackers-free-87-hostages-in-libya.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHijackers began releasing the 87 passengers today at a remote desert airfield in southern Libya, reports the AP, a day after they took control of a Sudanese 737 jetliner as it took off from Darfur. The hijackers continued to hold eight crewmembers. Sudan officials called the hijacking an "irresponsible terrorist...http://www.newser.com/story/35939/hijackers-free-87-hostages-in-libya.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 27 Aug 2008 7:29:11 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/35875/hijacked-sudan-airliner-on-the-ground-in-libya.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA Sudanese flight hijacked today after lifting off from a Darfur airport has landed in Libya, the AFP reports. Authorities are still negotiating with hijackers; three former members of a rebel group are said to be among 102 on board. Yesterday, the UN reported 33 dead after a clash between...http://www.newser.com/story/35875/hijacked-sudan-airliner-on-the-ground-in-libya.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 26 Aug 2008 15:14:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/27380/charges-dropped-against-20th-hijacker.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe US has dropped charges against Mohammed al-Qahtani, who allegedly planned to be the “20th hijacker” in the 9/11 attacks, Reuters reports. The US military tribunal at Guantanamo Bay rejected the charges against Qahtani “without prejudice,” meaning that the Saudi citizen may yet face prosecution. The charges against the other...http://www.newser.com/story/27380/charges-dropped-against-20th-hijacker.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 13 May 2008 15:49:04 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/23166/parachute-didnt-belong-to-db-cooper-fbi-says.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe FBI says a parachute found along a dirt road in Washington state didn’t belong to legendary hijacker DB Cooper, AP reports. After talking to parachute experts and examining the site, agents concluded that the chute wasn’t used in the nation’s only unsolved hijacking. Cooper made away with $200,000...http://www.newser.com/story/23166/parachute-didnt-belong-to-db-cooper-fbi-says.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 01 Apr 2008 21:37:23 CDT