article_snippet: The difference between hijacking and commandeering is nuanced.
article_snippet: The former term is often used when the hijacker issues a demand such as being taken to a safe-haven country or receiving ransom to release passengers.
article_snippet: When people commandeer a plane, people might keep the motives secret, said political analyst Peter Bergen.
article_snippet: people may want to steer it people at a target, like the September 11, 2001, terrorists did.
article_snippet: Commandeering would fit with the few facts that we do know, and (it's) certainly a theory that we haven't heard a lot of that isn't a conspiracy,political analyst Peter Bergen political analyst Peter Bergen said.