Tag: hijacking

Oman on Wednesday identified the Panama-flagged Asphalt Princess as the tanker involved in a hijacking which Britain's maritime trade agency earlier said was over. The...

"The seven men have been arrested on suspicion of seizing or exercising control of a ship by use of threats or force," Hampshire Police said in a statement.

The 25-year-old was shot and later died of his wounds after taking a crew member hostage on the Biman Airlines jet

An airline worker stole an empty plane from Seattle airport on Friday and crashed it into a nearby sparsely populated island, sparking a security...

NUSA DUA, Indonesia: Charities that send financial aid to trouble spots sometimes have the funds "hijacked" by militant groups to carry out attacks, an international counter-terrorism meeting was warned Wednesday.

A British passenger clicked a picture of himself with the hijacker of the EgyptAir plane. Needless to say, the picture went viral.

LARNACA, CYPRUS: The suspected hijacker of an EgyptAir airliner surrendered to authorities on Tuesday, Cyprus's state broadcaster said, according to Reuters.