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And before security checks, they were even more common. Criminals treated them almost like bank robberies for a while in the 60's and 70's. Hijack a plane, t
by smackfu 13y ago
And before security checks, they were even more common. Criminals treated them almost like bank robberies for a while in the 60's and 70's. Hijack a plane, trade the passenger for a ransom, fly off to some third-world country and live on the ransom.
- alexeisadeski3 13y agoSecurity checks shouldn't have been the factor causing the change. Ransom payout avoidance and police tactics would have been the deciding factor. In the old days, once didn't actually require a weapon to hijack a plane. Merely the claim of possessing a weapon was sufficient.
- smackfu 13y agoBut if you add security checks, now you don't believe they possess a weapon. Like if someone on a plane today claimed they had a gun, they would be arrested, but not believed.
- alexeisadeski3 13y agoThey'd claim to have a bomb not a gun. And yes they were believed after security checks were implemented.