Summer Shorts: TAA Flight 408 – Australia’s First Skyjacking

Summer Shorts: TAA Flight 408 – Australia’s First Skyjacking

In July 1960, Australia was shocked by a new breed of criminal desperado – a gun-wielding and bomb-toting skyjacker.


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