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Rat Trap
An airliner has been hijacked and the clock is ticking... The riveting first novel from Craig Thomas, father of the technothriller There is relief at Heathrow Airport after a Boeing 707 touches down safely, having experienced engine trouble mid-flight. But when the pilot stops answering the control tower’s radio calls, panic spreads again. During the landing, the plane was hijacked by a group of Americans. Their demands? The release of a known terrorist, Shafiq Nasoud, currently being held at HMP Dartmoor, and a clear flight to Lebanon. The price? The lives of everyone on board. The Home Office quickly mobilises operation ‘Rat Trap’. ‘Ratcatcher’ Hilary Latymer will negotiate with the terrorists, and Nasoud will be brought to London. The exchange will be executed safely and there are to be no casualties. But then the prisoner escapes... Craig Thomas’ first novel, Rat Trap, is a thrill-ride through the sky, perfect for fans of Robert Ludlum, Andy McNab and Brad Thor.
Air Piracy, Airport Security, and International Terrorism
As international terrorism has grown over the past decades, airlines and airports have become increasingly popular targets for violent attacks and hijackings. In this volume, Peter St. John provides a survey of international air piracy and airline terrorism, and of the ways airline professionals and governments are coping, or attempting to cope, with the crisis. St. John not only deals with the history, politics, psychology, and sociology of air piracy, but also provides an assessment of the threat to commercial aircraft and ways to counter the danger. The principal theme he develops is that security for airports and aircraft can be achieved, and the fear of terrorists overcome, if Western c...
Violence in the Skies
Aviation security expert Philip Baum delves into the archives to reveal the stories behind the most astonishing and shocking crimes in aviation history, calling on real-life testimonies from hijackers, crew members, passengers and politicians. The human stories behind the criminal attacks that have plagued aviation since 1911 are detailed in this authoritative and thrilling account of aviation security history, from the legendary hijacks by left-wing and Palestinian groups of the twentieth century, to the more recent suicide attacks carried out by fundamentalists and the psychologically disturbed.
The Skies Belong to Us
The true stroy of the longest-distance hijacking in American history. In an America torn apart by the Vietnam War and the demise of '60s idealism, airplane hijackings were astonishingly routine. Over a five-year period starting in 1968, the desperate and disillusioned seized commercial jets nearly once a week, using guns, bombs, and jars of acid. Some hijackers wished to escape to foreign lands; others aimed to swap hostages for sacks of cash. Their criminal exploits mesmerized the country, never more so than when shattered Army veteran Roger Holder and mischievous party girl Cathy Kerkow managred to comandeer Western Airlines Flight 701 and flee across an ocean with a half-million dollars in ransom—a heist that remains the longest-distance hijacking in American history. More than just an enthralling story about a spectacular crime and its bittersweet, decades-long aftermath, The Skies Belong to Us is also a psychological portrait of America at its most turbulent and a testament to the madness that can grip a nation when politics fail.
