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Old 04-23-2008, 17:17 PM   #703 (permalink)
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[quote=GAU-8;487161]

Miss Macao was a Catalina seaplane, owned by Cathay Pacific and operated by a subsidiary. On 16 June 1948 she became the victim of the first hijacking of a commercial aircraft.

First skyjacking attempt of a commercial aircraft, eh? So the one I'm thinking of can't be commercial!
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