aircraft hijacking

Summary

aircraft hijacking ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,560 views/month).^[1]

Key Facts

• aircraft hijacking is a type of aviation incident^[2].
• aircraft hijacking is a type of hijacking^[3].
• aircraft hijacking is a type of terrorism tactic^[4].
• aircraft hijacking's Commons category is recorded as Aircraft hijackings^[5].
• aircraft hijacking's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Aircraft hijacking^[6].
• aircraft hijacking's different from is recorded as détournement^[7].
• aircraft hijacking's different from is recorded as clickjacking^[8].
• aircraft hijacking's different from is recorded as misappropriation^[9].
• aircraft hijacking's different from is recorded as boat hijacking^[10].
• aircraft hijacking's different from is recorded as sea piracy^[11].
• aircraft hijacking's properties for this type is recorded as P8031^[12].
• aircraft hijacking's properties for this type is recorded as P585^[13].
• aircraft hijacking's properties for this type is recorded as P1755^[14].
• aircraft hijacking's practiced by is recorded as aircraft hijacker^[15].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include aviation incident^[2], hijacking^[3], and terrorism tactic^[4].

Influence

Things named for aircraft hijacking include Airline Disaster^[16], a film^[17], directed by John Willis III^[18].

Why It Matters

aircraft hijacking ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,560 views/month).^[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[19] It is known by 44 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[20]

Entities named for it include Airline Disaster^[16], a film^[17], directed by John Willis III^[18].