Khaled came to public attention for her role in the TWA Flight 840 hijacking in 1969 and one of the four simultaneous Dawson 's Field hijackings the following year as part of the campaign of Black September in Jordan . The first woman to hijack an airplane . she was later released in a prisoner exchange for civilian hostages kidnapped by her fellow PFLP members
TWA Flight 840 hijacking
TWA Flight 840 hijacking
Leila Khaled