film , in which a Bundeswehr military pilot shoots down a hijacked passenger plane with 164 people on board that was heading towards a stadium filled with 70,000 people. Following the broadcast, a public vote was called for in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, and 86.9% of viewers voted that the pilot was not guilty of murder. The 2019 film 7500 depicts the struggle of a pilot to land an aircraft and maintain control of its cockpit during a hijacking. See also Air pirate Airport security Canadian Air Transport Security Authority Dymshits–Kuznetsov hijacking affair El Al Federal Air Marshal Service Federal Bureau of Investigation Federal crime in the United States List of aircraft hijackings List of Cuba–United States aircraft hijackings Palestinian political violence Terrorism Transportation Security Administration (TSA) United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) References External links "The First Hijacking Myth" at Fortnight Journal "America's first highjacking" at A Blast From the Past Aviation risks Aviation security Terrorism tactics