Would a hijacked plane be shot down?

The hijacked plane will be shot down if it is deemed to become a missile heading for strategic targets. The hijacked plane will be escorted by armed fighter aircraft and will be forced to land. A hijacked grounded plane will not be allowed to take off under any circumstance.



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1985 – TWA Flight 847 The hijackers, Mohammed Ali Hamadei alongside another person, held the plane's 153 passengers and crew hostage for 17 days, forcing the plane's captain to go back and forth several times between Algeria and Lebanon before landing in Beirut.

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