# History of Hijackings?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/history-of-hijackings/84297>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 28, 2001, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/history-of-hijackings/84297 "2001-09-28T13:22:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2001, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/history-of-hijackings/84297/1 "2001-09-28T13:22:10Z")

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And I don’t mean platform hijacks, you smart-alecks!

I heard on the news this morning that, prior to 9/11, there hadn’t been a hijacking of a domestic US flight in 20 years. I’ve been on the FAA’s Crimes Against Civil Aviation site and they only go back to 1996.

Anyone got the Straight Dope for me? I tried to search but you wouldn’t believe the number of hits for the word ‘hijack’.

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**Author:** ![Montfort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Montfort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Montfort)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2001, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/history-of-hijackings/84297/2 "2001-09-28T13:38:42Z")

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I believe that on the 11th I heard a lot of news reports saying that they were the first hijacks in the US in over 10 years, and that the last one was in the '80s.

But, I was alive and well in the 80s, and I don’t remember it happening.

Hope that helps.