The Birmingham Post (England)
It's unclear why the escaped prisoners hijacked the couple's catamaran, but it was moored at Grand Anse beach, near to the police station where the three men escaped. The yacht "Simplicity," which officials say was hijacked by three escaped prisoners with two people on board, is seen ...
In 1971, a man calling himself Dan Cooper hijacked a Boeing 727 at Seattle-Tacoma airport and held its crew and passengers hostage with a bomb, in exchange for $200,000 in cash – the equivalent of $1,213,226 today. Once the money was transferred onto the plane, he had the crew take...
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Navy Hunting Hijacked Yacht; PIRATES: Search Launched for Missing British Couple