skyjacker

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A few years later, Carl Laurin identified the skyjacker as a Michigan man named Walt Reca.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 23, 2022

A jetliner captain and stewardess respond to a skyjacker who wants to go to Moscow.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 21, 2020

It came after a recent round of forensic testing on a different suspect — a man who is no longer alive — failed to show a conclusive link to the skyjacker.

From Washington Post • Jul. 27, 2016

In the run-up to his book’s publication on June 18, Koerner has been writing a daily series of skyjacker profiles. is running the final dozen of these “Skyjacker of the Day” entries.

From Slate • Jun. 7, 2013

Dallas Psychiatrist David G. Hubbard, who helped create the celebrated "skyjacker profile," which has contributed much to reducing aerial hijackings, advocates a "federal law prohibiting payment of ransom in all cases involving kidnaping."

From Time Magazine Archive