Figure 3 Worldwide Civil Aviation Hijackings
Tuesday, December 27, 2011
Figure 3 Worldwide Civil Aviation Hijackings
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| Year | Number of hijackings: United States |
Number of hijackings: 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.