For the historically curious, state-sponsored skyjacking is not without precedent. Israel appears to have pioneered it: [1] https://www.nytimes.com/1954/12/13/

For the historically curious, state-sponsored skyjacking is not without precedent. Israel appears to have pioneered it: [1] https://www.nytimes.com/1954/12/13/archives/syrian-airliner-seized-by-israel-plane-l0-aboard-is-forced-down.html https://www.nytimes.com/1954/12/13/archives/syrian-airliner-... [2] https://www.wrmea.org/1994-november-december/israel-was-first-nation-to-skyjack-a-civilian-airliner.html https://www.wrmea.org/1994-november-december/israel-was-firs... [3] https://msuweb.montclair.edu/~furrg/essays/rokach.html https://msuweb.montclair.edu/~furrg/essays/rokach.html