With terror threats from skies looming large in the wake of 9/11 in the US, government is likely to amend the existing anti-hijacking law which would arm it with powers to shoot down a hijacked aircraft and providing for death penalty for hijackers.
imprisonment
After hijacking a plane from Afghanistan to Stansted in 2002, two men were jailed in the UK for 5 years each.
hijacking
It's actually called skyjacking.
The cast of First Arab Israeli Plane Hijacking - 2007 includes: Lori Dolan as Rina Uziel Michael Gavino as Avner Slapak
In an aircraft hijacking scenario, the transponder should be set to 7500
it was 10:30 when both towers come down.
FBI has jurisdiction when the plane's on the ground. TSA has jurisdiction when it's in flight.
life in prison
No I believe it was Munich
Hijacking Catastrophe was created in 2004.
I think that life in prison without any chance for parole is a good sentence for hijacking. I witnessed a hijacking at the supermarket today. There's another hijacking on the news today.
Achille Lauro hijacking happened in 1985.