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This week, Iain looks at one of the longest plane hijackings in history.

In October 1969, Raffaele Minichiello boarded a flight in LA with an M1 rifle disguised as a fishing rod. He told the pilot that they weren’t going to San Francisco, as planned. They were going to Italy. What followed was one of the longest and most elaborate plane hijackings in history.

Check out this article for photos of Raffaele Minichiello and more information about the case: /news/world-us-canada-48069272

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