The first operational Typhoon squadron will be on high alert in June, ready to protect Britain's skies from foreign intruders and intercept hijacked aircraft.

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Radek, who we learn has already wreaked havoc on Russia, will unleash a new round of slaughter and misery if freed, and Marshall, having just announced to the world that he will never bargain with terrorists, must weigh that cherished ideal against the lives of his own wife and child, also on board the hijacked aircraft.

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Meanwhile, the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) is reviewing procedures for launching fighter jets to track potentially hijacked or suspicious aircraft.

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He was one of a dozen Israeli commandos who stormed a Belgian aircraft hijacked by Palestinian terrorists in 1972 and helped rescue 140 hostages.

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Meanwhile, the North American Aerospace Defense Command, which scrambled fighter jets for the wayward plane did not launch them, said it was reviewing procedures for launching the fighters to track potentially hijacked or suspicious aircraft.

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Boeing is the latest company to announce layoffs since September 11, when terrorists hijacked four Boeing-made aircraft belonging to two different airlines.

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No aircraft departing from a United States airport has been hijacked since the Sept. 11 attacks, when stricter security standards were implemented.

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Colombian rebels hijacked two tourist helicopters in Panama , released the passengers and pilots and fled with the aircraft across the border.

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