Since the World's been Turning
Episode 104 - Terror on the airline
In this episode, we’re returning to a time before restrictive airline security, where - if you had a ticket - you could stroll onto a plane carrying anything you wanted. The 1960s - 70s are known now as the golden age of airline hijacking. It was a time of political crime, of massive, subversive, system challenging actions. It was also a time of personal crime, borderline petty grievances elevated to extreme lengths. Perhaps the most surprising thing about this era is just how seemingly insignificant the causes of some of these hijackings actually were.
We’ll receive some help telling this story from our guest, author and journalist Brendan I. Koerner, author of The Skies Belong to Us: Love and Terror in the Golden Age of Hijacking.
In this episode, we’re returning to a time before restrictive airline security, where - if you had a ticket - you could stroll onto a plane carrying anything you wanted. The 1960s - 70s are known now as the golden age of airline hijacking. It was a time of political crime, of massive, subversive, system challenging actions. It was also a time of personal crime, borderline petty grievances elevated to extreme lengths. Perhaps the most surprising thing about this era is just how seemingly insignificant the causes of some of these hijackings actually were.
We’ll receive some help telling this story from our guest, author and journalist Brendan I. Koerner, author of The Skies Belong to Us: Love and Terror in the Golden Age of Hijacking.