Example sentences for: hijackings

How can you use “hijackings” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • It stated that the FAA had no credible evidence of specific plans to attack U.S. civil aviation, though it noted that some of the "currently active" terrorist groups were known to "plan and train for hijackings"and were able to build and conceal sophisticated explosive devices in luggage and consumer products.

  • Its 1997 final report did not discuss the possibility of suicide hijackings.

  • While the sabotage of commercial aircraft, including Pan Am 103 in 1998, had claimed many lives, hijackings had also been deadly, including the 1985 hijacking of an Egypt Air flight in which 60 people were killed and 35 injured; the 1986 hijacking of Pan Am 73 in which 22 people were killed and 125 injured; and the 1996 hijacking of an Ethiopian Airlines flight in which 123 people were killed.

  • KSM says that he permitted the trainees to view Hollywood films about hijackings only after he edited the films to cover the female characters.

  • Nevertheless, FBI information since that time indicates patterns of suspicious activity in this country consistent with preparations for hijackings or other types of attacks, including recent surveillance of federal buildings in New York.


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