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Old Oct 5, 2004 | 7:24 pm
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Originally Posted by Wally Bird
As recently as November 2002 a passenger on an El Al flight was 'overpowered by sky marshals'. He may not have been a hijacker merely a nutcase, but I think it does constitute a profiling failure and hence an incident. Other El Al hijack attempts have been made in the past including the infamous Leila Khaled, but I can't say if that was before or after profiling interviews were started.
Let's not forget about the guy who tried to hijack a flight to IST with a knife a few years ago.
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