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Aircraft hijacking (also known as aircraft piracy, especially within the special aircraft jurisdiction of the United States, and informally as skyjacking) is the unlawful seizure of an aircraft by an individual or a group. In most cases, the pilot is forced to fly according to the orders of the hijackers.

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Has any manned aircraft been hijacked electronically?

As an information security consultant this is an interesting subject for me, and I've kept my ear to the ground. No manned aircraft has ever been controlled by a hacker unless the incident has been ke …
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