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    In 1942, during World War 2, four prisoners of war hijacked an Italian seaplane and forced it to land near an Allied base, where all onboard survived. After WWII, an aviation expert suggested rebellious youth culture contributed to attacks on aviation. The first commercial flight hijacking occurred in 1948. Through the 1950s, airlines recommended complying with hijackers to avoid violence. Political motivations drove the first hijacking in 1956 when Bolivian prisoners diverted their transport plane to Argentina. Hijackings increased worldwide in the late 1950s and 1960s, especially from and to Cuba around this time. Australia's first hijacking attempt in 1960 was subdued by the crew.

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    In 1942, during World War 2, four prisoners of war hijacked an Italian seaplane and forced it to land near an Allied base, where all onboard survived. After WWII, an aviation expert suggested rebellious youth culture contributed to attacks on aviation. The first commercial flight hijacking occurred in 1948. Through the 1950s, airlines recommended complying with hijackers to avoid violence. Political motivations drove the first hijacking in 1956 when Bolivian prisoners diverted their transport plane to Argentina. Hijackings increased worldwide in the late 1950s and 1960s, especially from and to Cuba around this time. Australia's first hijacking attempt in 1960 was subdued by the crew.

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    From Cuba To Other Destinations Started To Occur, and Then in 1961, Hijackings To Cuba Became

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    In 1942, during World War 2, four prisoners of war hijacked an Italian seaplane and forced it to land near an Allied base, where all onboard survived. After WWII, an aviation expert suggested rebellious youth culture contributed to attacks on aviation. The first commercial flight hijacking occurred in 1948. Through the 1950s, airlines recommended complying with hijackers to avoid violence. Political motivations drove the first hijacking in 1956 when Bolivian prisoners diverted their transport plane to Argentina. Hijackings increased worldwide in the late 1950s and 1960s, especially from and to Cuba around this time. Australia's first hijacking attempt in 1960 was subdued by the crew.

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    In 1942, two New Zealanders, a South African and an Englishman achieved the first confirmed

    in-air hijack when they violently captured an Italian seaplane that was flying them to a prison
    camp. As they approached an Allied base, they were strafed by Spitfires and forced to land on
    the water. However, all on board survived to be picked up by a British boat.

    In the years following World War II, Philip Baum, an aviation security expert suggests that the
    development of a rebellious youth "piggybacking on to any cause which challenged the status
    quo or acted in support of those deemed oppressed", may have been a contributor to attacks
    against the aviation industry. The first hijacking of a commercial flight occurred on the Cathay
    Pacific Miss Macao on July 16 1948. After this incident and others in the 1950s, airlines
    recommended that flight crews comply with the hijackers demands than risk a violent
    confrontation. There were also various hijacking incidents and assaults on planes in China and
    the Middle East.

    The first hijacking of a flight for political reasons happened in Bolivia, affecting the
    airline Lloyd Aereo Boliviano on September 26 1956. The DC-4 was carrying 47 prisoners who
    were being transported from Santa Cruz, Bolivia to El Alto, in La Paz. A political group was
    waiting to take them to a concentration camp located in Carahuara de Carangas, Oruro. The 47
    prisoners overpowered the crew and gained control of the aircraft while airborne and diverted the
    plane to Tartagal, Argentina. Prisoners took control of the aircraft and received instructions to
    again fly to Salta, Argentina as the airfield in Tartagal was not big enough. Upon landing, they
    told the government of the injustice they were subjected to, and received political asylum.

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    Between
    1958 to 1967, there were approximately 40 hijackings worldwide.Beginning 1958, hijackings
    from Cuba to other destinations started to occur, and then in 1961, hijackings to Cuba became
    prevalent.The first happened on May 1 1961 on a flight from Miami to Key West. The
    perpetrator, armed with a knife and gun, forced the captain to land in
    Cuba. Elsewhere, Australia was relatively untouched by the threat of hijackings until July 19
    1960. On that evening, a 22 year old Russian man attempted to divert Trans Australia Airlines
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    Flight 408 to Darwin or Singapore.The crew were able to subdue the man after a brief struggle.

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