Hijacked S1E2: Nightmare in the Desert
- Aired: 2017-08-09
- Runtime: 60 minutes
Overview
The story of the simultaneous hijacking of five passenger jets by a Palestinian militant group in 1970. When an attempt to take over a plane that had just left Amsterdam was foiled, the group responded by seizing control of three more aircraft and diverting them to the Jordanian desert, while a fourth was blown up on the runway at Cairo. Featuring contributions from pilots and cabin crew.