"Skyjackers had a pretty abysmal success rate -……" — Brendan I. Koerner
"Skyjackers had a pretty abysmal success rate - once you commandeered a plane in American airspace, your odds of a happy ending were slim. After the epidemic ended in 1973, what folks tended to remember most about the skyjackers was their futility."
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Brendan I. Koerner
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