As the head of the Shin Bet in 1984, he ordered the summary execution of two terrorists who had been captured alive after hijacking an Israeli bus en route from Tel Aviv to Ashkelon.

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After the September 11 airline hijacking attacks, restrictions were imposed on private flights and many commercial flights, such as traffic planes and helicopters, crossing big city airspace.

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They even arrested Richard Floyd McCoy for a similar airplane hijacking and escape five months after Cooper's flight, but McCoy was ruled out as a suspect in the Flight 305 hijacking because he didn't match the physical description.

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Mlilwana, 25, was sentenced in April after pleading guilty to 11 counts of car hijacking and to a charge relating to his escape from custody.

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After WhatsApp reached the top of the app-store rankings, WhatsApp employees noticed that other apps were hijacking its name to ride its coattails.

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And after being read his Miranda rights, Farwaz Younis, over four days, confessed his role in the hijacking of Royal Jordanian Airlines Flight 402.

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