The news is out… Tim Marshall joins Bianca Nobilo as co-host of History Uncensored!
In this brand-new episode, Tim and Bianca explore the strange, dramatic and often terrifying history of aircraft hijackings.
Following the attack aboard a Flydubai flight travelling from Dubai to Tel Aviv on September 30, they look back at the origins of hijackings, the political motives behind them and their evolution into a defining feature of modern terrorism.
From the Cold War and Russia to 9/11, Tim and Bianca revisit some of the most notorious hijackings in history.
(00:00:00) Hijackings 'as old as air travel'
(00:00:40) BIG NEWS - welcoming Tim Marshall
(00:01:19) Flydubai to 9/11 - History of hijacking
(00:02:19) Hijacking's origins
(00:04:40) Before hijacking there was piracy
(00:08:39) Baron Franz Nopcsa
(00:10:44) First recorded aircraft hijacking??
(00:12:47) Terrorism was not always the reason
(00:14:27) D.B. Cooper mystery, 1971
(00:16:24) Hijackings reflect geopolitical tension
(00:22:44) The changing face of hijacking
(00:24:57) Flydubai incident 2026
(00:27:34) Terrorism as theatre and propaganda of the deed
(00:34:14) Dawson's Field hijackings
(00:37:58) How will historians view the Flydubai attack?
(00:42:13) History Uncensored's goal
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