The hijacking of American Flight 119 : how D.B. Cooper inspired a skyjacking craze and the FBI's battle to stop it / John Wigger.
Series: Oxford scholarship online: Publisher: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2023Copyright date: ©2024Description: 1 online resourceContent type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780197696033Subject(s): Hijacking of aircraft -- United States -- Case studies | True Crime | Social services & welfare, criminologyAdditional Physical Form: Print version : 9780197695753DDC classification: 364.154 LOC classification: HE9779Online resources: Oxford Academic Summary: Beginning in 1968 a wave of airline hijackings swept across the skies over America. There were nearly 150 hijackings of U.S. commercial flight over the next five years. The most audacious of these air pirates were the parachute hijackers, starting with 'D.B. Cooper' and ending with the hijacking of American Airlines Flight 119, the most daring of them all. John Wigger's gripping account of this period is based on fresh interviews and first-hand accounts from FBI agents, flight attendants, pilots, and passengers who were swept up in the heist and the hunt for the hijacker.| Item type | Current library | Class number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Also issued in print: 2024.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Beginning in 1968 a wave of airline hijackings swept across the skies over America. There were nearly 150 hijackings of U.S. commercial flight over the next five years. The most audacious of these air pirates were the parachute hijackers, starting with 'D.B. Cooper' and ending with the hijacking of American Airlines Flight 119, the most daring of them all. John Wigger's gripping account of this period is based on fresh interviews and first-hand accounts from FBI agents, flight attendants, pilots, and passengers who were swept up in the heist and the hunt for the hijacker.
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