First Man Who Hijacked Airplane
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    First Man Who Hijacked Airplane

    Historische Romane

    The man who carried out one of the world's earliest hijackings

    #airplane #burma #hijack #historical #non-fanfic

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    In the comfort of his armchair, Saw Kyaw Aye clenches his hand into a fist, raises it to his face and mimes pulling a grenade pin out with his teeth.
    Sixty years may have passed, but this is clearly a story the 87-year-old has been telling - or acting out - ever since.
    He closes his eyes for a second. He's back in the moment. It's 1954 and he has just forced his way into the cockpit of a passenger plane.
    This is the critical moment in an audacious plot to steal a Dakota DC-3 and use it to smuggle weapons. At that point he looks up and tells me he shouted at the British pilot - one Capt A E Hare: "I'm going to die for my Karen nation - what cause are you going to die for?"
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