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According to Wikipedia there have been 6 notable hijackings in the last 5 years. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_aircraft_hijackings#2010s https://en.wiki
by wingless 11y ago
According to Wikipedia there have been 6 notable hijackings in the last 5 years. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_aircraft_hijackings#2010s https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_aircraft_hijackings#20...
There are roughly 100k commercial flights per day, 36m flights per year.
Therefore, the probability of your flight being hijacked is 1 in 30 million, which is an absurdly low number. Note that only one of the 6 hijackings resulted in casualties, so the mortality rate even lower.
- deelowe 11y agoAnd none were in the US.
- kough 11y agoMost likely due to the TSA's efforts! Can you imagine how many would be hijacked if there weren't a TSA?
- chris_va 11y agoAh, the good old days... The history of airport security is somewhat interesting. There wasn't a TSA for long time, and the hijackings/flying to Cuba got annoying, so metal detectors were added. Everything else since then hasn't made much sense.
- splat 11y agoInterestingly, another approach that was seriously considered was to build a fake "Havana airport" in southern Florida and have the planes land there instead. http://99percentinvisible.org/episode/skyjacking/ http://99percentinvisible.org/episode/skyjacking/
- thaumasiotes 11y agoYes. Six, possibly even six and a half, flights every five years. The low rate of hijacking is due to the scarcity of people interested in doing it, not the difficulty. Same reason your house doesn't get burgled every day.