FBI Releases Mysterious Letter Reportedly from Notorious Hijacker D.B. Cooper
The mystery man known as D.B. Cooper sent a letter to newspapers after he parachuted from a plane in 1971 with $200,000 in ransom money.
hijacking
Read More
Drunk Passenger, Miscommunication Prompted Fears of Hijacked Flight from Australia to Indonesia
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A drunk passenger on a flight from Australia to Indonesia and miscommunication from a pilot caused fears that a Boeing 737 had been hijacked. BBC reports that a passenger prompted the scare by trying to enter the cockpit, causing the pilot to send a distress signal. The crew eventually handcuffed the man,…
Hawaii Man Gets 18 Month in Prison for Drunk Dialing FBI About Nonexistent Hijacking
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Consider this a lesson in drunk dialing. A Hawaii man was sentenced to 18 months in prison Thursday for drunkenly calling the FBI and falsely reporting an airplane hijacking, the Associated Press reports. Timothy David Hershman blamed the incident on alcoholism and anger. “I screwed up really big time, your honor,” he…
2 Somali Pirates Get Life in Deaths of S/V Quest Hijacking
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Two Somali pirates involved in the hijacking of the S/V Quest, which resulted in the death of four Americans, were sentenced Monday in Norfolk, Va. fed court to life in prison. Muhidin Salad Omar, 30, and Mahdi Jama Mohamed, who is about 24, admitted in the plea agreements that they participated in…
Passenger Aboard Detroit Flight: “I Heard a Pop and Then the Next Thing You Know Fire”
Yes, more than 8 years after the infamous Sept. 11, 2001 attack, the friendly skies still have the potential to be pretty darn scary. Here’s a Detroit Free Press account of the incident as told by some passengers. BY NAOMI R. PATTON Detroit Free Press Staff Writer DETROIT — Most of the passengers on Northwest…