
Before 9/11: A History of Hijacking
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It is almost 20 years since those horendous sismic events of nine 11. In this episode we have doctor yannik velle lepage, an expert on the history of terrorism. He takes us through the history of politically motivated and terrorist hig jackings of planes. The first instance occurs during a revolution in peru in 19 31. But that's not the emergence of high jacking. What seems to have come of this is that it gave an idea to the rebels. Next time they manage to capture an airfield, rather than taking the pilot and putting him on trial and court martialling him for his participation in quelling the uprising, they force refuel the
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