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IADCA wrote:If you have a database of hijackings sortable by aircraft type, why don't you just answer your own question?
BWIAirport wrote:Certainly interesting data, but this is, of course, an example of "correlation does not equal causation." My guess would certainly be older, longer-range planes, such as the A300/767, as mentioned.
IADCA wrote:
It may well be the A300, and if not, it'd likely be something in widespread use throughout most of the mid-60s through 1980s when hijackings were more common, which would tend to suggest older-model Boeings (707, 727, 737, 747) as well as A300 and perhaps DC-9.