04-22-2008, 18:29 PM
|
#689 (permalink)
|
|
Old Cold Warrior
Military Professional
Join Date: 02-14-07
Location: Grapevine, Texas
Country: 
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by glyn
To keep the ball rolling until Amaterasu returns:
What was the first recorded case of skyjacking? I need to know the nationalities of those involved, the date and location - oh, and the aircraft type! 
|
This took some digging:
The first recorded aircraft hijack was on February 21, 1931, in Arequipa, Peru.
Byron Rickards (an American) flying a Ford Tri-motor was approached on the ground by two armed Peruvian revolutionaries. He refused to fly them anywhere and after a ten day stand-off Rickards was informed that the revolution was successful and he could go in return for giving one of their number a lift to Lima.
Last edited by GAU-8 : 04-22-2008 at 18:33 PM.
|
|
|