The hijacking of American Flight 119: how D.B. Cooper inspired a skyjacking craze and the FBI's battle to stop it

Beginning in 1968 a wave of airline hijackings swept across the skies over America. There were nearly 150 hijackings of U.S. commercial flight over the next five years. The most audacious of these air pirates were the parachute hijackers, starting with 'D.B. Cooper' and ending with the hij...

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1. Verfasser: Wigger, John H. 1959- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York, NY Oxford University Press 2023
Schriftenreihe:Oxford scholarship online
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Zusammenfassung:Beginning in 1968 a wave of airline hijackings swept across the skies over America. There were nearly 150 hijackings of U.S. commercial flight over the next five years. The most audacious of these air pirates were the parachute hijackers, starting with 'D.B. Cooper' and ending with the hijacking of American Airlines Flight 119, the most daring of them all. John Wigger's gripping account of this period is based on fresh interviews and first-hand accounts from FBI agents, flight attendants, pilots, and passengers who were swept up in the heist and the hunt for the hijacker
Beschreibung:Also issued in print: 2024. - Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (284 Seiten) Illustrationen, Karten
ISBN:9780197696033
DOI:10.1093/oso/9780197695753.001.0001

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