In 1969, a hijacked airplane landed at Shannon before continuing on to Rome

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I was just reading about some 9/11 stuff and clicked on to a list of hijackings on Wiki. Honestly had no idea that this happened.

October 31, 1969: TWA Flight 85 en route from Los Angeles to San Francisco was hijacked by 19-year old US Marine Raffaele Minichiello. All passengers, including the band Harper's Bizarre, and three stewardesses were released in Denver. The hijacker, three pilots and a stewardess continued on to JFK airport in New York, where two pilots were added for the overseas flight. The plane refuelled in Bangor, Maine and Shannon, Ireland, before continuing to Rome, Italy. In Rome, Minichiello took the chief of the airport police as a hostage and departed in a car, from which he slipped away, but was caught shortly thereafter. Minichiello intended to visit his dying father in Italy. Italy did not extradite Minichiello and he served only 18 months in jail. Covering 6900 miles, this was the longest hijacking in history.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_aircraft_hijackings#1960s

Why hasn't this been turned into a movie?!

Karl Stein

The passengers having access to the cockpit seems kinda mad by modern standards doesn't it?

Mr. G

My name is URL wrote: »

Why hasn't this been turned into a movie?!

Sounds like a boring movie to me. Well that's my view on it anyway

donvito99

The Gentleman terrorist. But the greatest hijacking of all time, as well as the biggest wanker who claimed to have resolved it has got to go to...

http://youtu.be/C1Q6Z1xmoSY?t=2m25s

My name is URL

donvito99 wrote: »

The Gentleman terrorist. But the greatest hijacking of all time, as well as the biggest wanker who claimed to have resolved it has got to go to...

http://youtu.be/C1Q6Z1xmoSY?t=2m25s

As far as demands go, that guy's sucked!

Banjo String

October 31

Kids just don't do Halloween pranks like they used to.

periodictable

Charlie Rock wrote: »

The passengers having access to the cockpit seems kinda mad by modern standards doesn't it?

Is 12 years ago not modern?:eek:

Cool_CM

periodictable wrote: »

Is 12 years ago not modern?:eek:

If you travel by plane a lot I'd imagine that you'd easily forget that it was ever possible to access the cockpit during a flight.
It's just become normal now not to be able to.

Tangatagamadda Chaddabinga Bonga Bungo

donvito99 wrote: »

The Gentleman terrorist. But the greatest hijacking of all time, as well as the biggest wanker who claimed to have resolved it has got to go to...

http://youtu.be/C1Q6Z1xmoSY?t=2m25s

Hijacking an aircraft and demanding the publication of the third secret of the Fatima.

Karl Stein

periodictable wrote: »

Is 12 years ago not modern?:eek:

Would contemporary be a better word than modern?

Gee Bag

Charlie Rock wrote: »

Would contemporary be a better word than modern?

Though not relevant to the subject at hand, I think vajazzle is a more interesting word than both 'contemporary' and 'modern'

redtapestyl

Worst. hijacking. ever.

Muise...

arra Albert didn't give away the 3rd Secret of Fatima, but sure he got his comeuppance when Boris Yeltsin commandeered all of Aeroflot's vodka at Shannon and left him standing out on the tarmac like a right fool.

periodictable

Cool_CM wrote: »

If you travel by plane a lot I'd imagine that you'd easily forget that it was ever possible to access the cockpit during a flight.
It's just become normal now not to be able to.

Not really...had the pleasure of sitting in the jump seat of a US bound Aer Lingus back in the 1990s-was there for the best part of an hour. Again for a landing in Dublin-really great experience.Those were the days......

Sunglasses Ron

Given the funding of public services in Ireland back then the plane was probably met by a 1960's Garda SWAT team, which I assume consisted of one squad car and two country coppers brandishing their own hunting rifles and a third armed with a hurley.

Santa Cruz

Tangatagamadda Chaddabinga Bonga Bungo wrote: »

Hijacking an aircraft and demanding the publication of the third secret of the Fatima.

When Reynolds told the media that this nutter was demanding the release of the Third Secret of Fatima the journalists asked "What was that"

Albert's reply was" I don't know. It's a secret"

I'm surprised nobody has made a movie based around D.B Cooper.

Muise...

Deleted User wrote: »

I'm surprised nobody has made a movie based around D.B Cooper.

I think he deserves a tv series, ideally directed by David Lynch.

Wacker The Attacker

San Francisco to Rome. Thats quite a detour

force eleven

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082958/

Never seen it though. But a movie update could be a good idea,but after he jumps, it is all speculation.

grimm2005

donvito99 wrote: »

The Gentleman terrorist. But the greatest hijacking of all time, as well as the biggest wanker who claimed to have resolved it has got to go to...

http://youtu.be/C1Q6Z1xmoSY?t=2m25s

My dad was on this flight, said they all had to sit and wait on the plane well after it landed just to wait for Albert Reynolds to come and get a photo op.

As an aside, he said it wasn't that nerve wrecking or anything cos this was all pre-9/11 so no one thought they were gonna die, although he spent the flight talking to the woman beside him to try keep her calm.

o1s1n

Cool_CM wrote: »

If you travel by plane a lot I'd imagine that you'd easily forget that it was ever possible to access the cockpit during a flight.
It's just become normal now not to be able to.

When I was a kid on my first flight (AirLingus to Paris, around 1992) the pilot asked if any kids wanted to see the cockpit. So we all strolled up the aisle accompanied by an air stewardess to have a gawk.

Unfortunately I didn't really appreciate the awesomeness of it at the time

Muise...

o1s1n wrote: »

When I was a kid on my first flight (AirLingus to Paris, around 1992) the pilot asked if any kids wanted to see the cockpit. So we all strolled up the aisle accompanied by an air stewardess to have a gawk.

Unfortunately I didn't really appreciate the awesomeness of it at the time

so, have you ever seen a grown man naked?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfgO90yGusI

Doom

My name is URL wrote: »

I was just reading about some 9/11 stuff and clicked on to a list of hijackings on Wiki. Honestly had no idea that this happened.



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_aircraft_hijackings#1960s

Why hasn't this been turned into a movie?!

Ya...if we bend the truth a bit, we could put some snakes on that plane and St Patrick of the ERU could storm the plane in Shannon and save the day.....

I Heart Internet

My favourite hijack story (if I can say that!) is the one where the guy hijacked a plane becasue he wanted the Pope to release the 3rd secret of Fatima.

Albert Reynolds briefs the press and explains the concept of a secret (at 2:50)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1Q6Z1xmoSY