On Tue, 12 Feb 2002, Greg Newby wrote: > I was surprised to see that the number of US-registered air carriers > involved in hijackings (and most other acts the FAA considers in these > reports) from 1992 - 2000 is zero. > > This stuff happens to non-US airlines, and usually outside > of the US. >
The last bomb that detonated on a US domestic or US originating flight was in 1962 (unless flight 800 was a bomb). I think the last (domestic) highjacking (before 11 September) was in the 1980s. An interesting note is that a bomb or a highjacking are not considered accidents so the September 11th deaths are not counted against US airline safety records and in spite of the AA crash in NYC on November 12th, last year was officially one of the safest years in the history of US commercial aviation. DCF
