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Bangladesh's state-run Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight is seen after it made an emergency landing at the airport in Chittagong, Bangladesh on Sunday. AP hide caption

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Middle East

Would-Be Hijacker Killed In Bangladesh

February 25, 2019 • The man allegedly pulled out a gun and tried to hijack the plane shortly after takeoff. After the aircraft made an emergency landing, military commandos shot and killed him.

FBI Is Giving Up On Solving The Mystery Of D.B. Cooper

This undated artist' sketch shows the skyjacker known as D.B. Cooper from recollections of the passengers and crew of a Northwest Airlines jet he hijacked between Portland and Seattle on Thanksgiving eve in 1971. AP hide caption

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The Two-Way

FBI Is Giving Up On Solving The Mystery Of D.B. Cooper

July 13, 2016 • The FBI says it is giving up on the D.B. Cooper investigation, 45 years after the mysterious hijacker parachuted into the night with $200,000 in a briefcase, becoming an instant folk figure.

EgyptAir Hijacking: 'Unstable' Man Faces Extradition; A Selfie Explained

EgyptAir hijack suspect Seif Eldin Mustafa (middle) is escorted by Cypriot police officers as he leaves a court after a remand hearing in Cyprus. Petros Karadjias/AP hide caption

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The Two-Way

EgyptAir Hijacking: 'Unstable' Man Faces Extradition; A Selfie Explained

March 30, 2016 • The hijack suspect, identified as Egyptian national Seif Eldin Mustafa, will be held by police for eight days in Cyprus. And a British man explains why he wanted a photo of himself with the suspect.