Hijacking: References & Edit History

Additional Reading

Yonah Alexander and Eugene Sochor (eds.), Aerial Piracy and Aviation Security (1990), emphasizes the importance of security measures in ensuring air safety. Paul Wilkinson and Brian M. Jenkins (eds.), Aviation Terrorism and Security (1999), integrates an examination of practical security with political analysis. Adrian Guelke, The Age of Terrorism and the International Political System (1995, reissued 1998), examines global terrorism and places air terrorism in a wider context.

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Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Article title updated for style. Nov 01, 2026
Add new Web site: Oxford Public International Law - Hijacking. Sep 12, 2026
Add new Web site: CiteSeerX - Exploit Hijacking: Side-Effects of Smart Defenses (PDF). Apr 02, 2025
Add new Web site: International Journal of Law Management and Humanities - Aircraft Hijacking and International Law. Oct 03, 2024
Add new Web site: Scholarship at Cornell Law - From Piracy on the High Seas to Piracy in the High Skies: A Study of Aircraft Hijacking (PDF). Aug 09, 2024
Changed "The Netherlands" to "the Netherlands." Sep 15, 2010
Article revised. Mar 13, 2003
Article revised. Feb 01, 2002
Article revised. Sep 28, 2001
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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