Location of the first hijacked flight's origin.

Location where the first hijacked flight was diverted to.

Location of the second hijacked flight's origin.

Leila Khaled, Palestinian former militant and first woman to hijack an airplane.

A photograph of Leila Khaled taken around the time of her second hijacking attempt.

A photograph of Leila Khaled in her later years, still an activist.

Leila Khaled, born in 1944, is a Palestinian former militant and activist. She was a member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). Khaled is known for being the first woman to hijack an airplane. Her first hijacking was in 1969 on a flight from Rome to Athens, which was diverted to Damascus. A year later, she attempted another hijack on a flight from Amsterdam to New York, but this was thwarted by the air marshals on board.

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Leila Khaled