Figure 3,,, Worldwide Civil Aviation Hijackings,,, ,Number of hijackings,, Year,United States,Foreign, 1970,25,49, 1971,25,30, 1972,26,30, 1973,2,20, 1974,3,17, 1975,6,13, 1976,2,14, 1977,5,26, 1978,7,16, 1979,11,13, 1980,21,18, 1981,7,24 1982,9,23 1983,17,15 1984,5,21 1985,4,22 1986,2,5 1987,3,5 1988,1,10 1989,1,14 1990,1,39 1991,1,23 1992,0,12 1993,0,31 1994,0,23 1995,0,9 1996,0,14 1997,0,10,,, 1998,0,9,,, 1999,0,11,,, 2000,0,20,,, "Note: There were no hijackings in the United States from 1991 through 2000. Data are through 2000 and do not include the hijacking of 4 airplanes used in attacks on the United States by terrorists on Sept. 11, 2001.",,,,, ,,,,, ,,,,, ,,,,, ,,,,, "Source: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration, Office of Civil Aviation Security, Criminal Acts Against Civil Aviation, available at http://cas.faa.gov/crimacts/pf/crim2000.pdf, as of Feb. 8, 2002. ",,,,, ,,,,, ,,,,, ,,,,, ,,,,,