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The only pre-9/11 hijackings I can think of during my lifetime were all hostage situations where the hijackers were demanding something such as the release of political prisoners.


If I remember rightly a bunch of Afghans hijacked a plane to fly to the UK. They claimed political asylum and are still here.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/636375.stm

And also, from one of the linked articles:

"Six members of a gang that forced a hijacked Sudanese jet to Britain in 1996 are still living in the UK on benefits while they await an adjudication on their claims, while a man involved in a 1982 Air Tanzania hijack was granted asylum here after serving two years of a three-year jail sentence."


Edited by andy (13/09/2006 14:59)
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