Aircraft Hijacking: Threat In Air
'The hijackers proceed to threaten the stewardess and demand the plane is diverted to Vienna . The passengers were scared to death" What does this scenario remind you of? Yeah, you guessed right. It is talking about an airplane hijack. (Have you watched Passenger 57?) In very technical terms Hijacking , is , the illegal seizure of a land vehicle, aircraft, or other conveyance while it is in transit. It is done for various reasons which range from political agenda to international conflict. Did you know that pilots are supposed to follow a fixed set of instructions in case of a hijack? The first thing that the pilots are supposed to do is to press ' 7500 ' ln the transponder. This alerts the Air traffic Control (ATC) and sends to them a danger signal. The code will give a special indication and the aircraft blip will a...