airliner hijackings
Last updated: 21 December 2012
The number of airliner hijackings and fatalities per year is given. The figures do not include corporate jet and military transport accidents/hijackings.
| Year | Accidents | Casualties |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 4 | 3 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 |
| 2009 | 4 | 0 |
| 2008 | 2 | 0 |
| 2007 | 6 | 0 |
| 2006 | 3 | 0 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 |
| 2004 | 4 | 0 |
| 2003 | 9 | 0 |
| 2002 | 10 | 2 |
| 2001 | 11 | 268 |
| 2000 | 26 | 5 |
| 1999 | 13 | 2 |
| 1998 | 14 | 1 |
| 1997 | 12 | 1 |
| 1996 | 16 | 125 |
| 1995 | 10 | 0 |
| 1994 | 27 | 8 |
| 1993 | 36 | 4 |
| 1992 | 11 | 4 |
| 1991 | 20 | 6 |
| 1990 | 36 | 86 |
| 1989 | 15 | 1 |
| 1988 | 15 | 13 |
| 1987 | 8 | 2 |
| 1986 | 8 | 83 |
| 1985 | 26 | 65 |
| 1984 | 26 | 7 |
| 1983 | 35 | 12 |
| 1982 | 30 | 1 |
| 1981 | 30 | 6 |
| 1980 | 37 | 1 |
| 1979 | 23 | 0 |
| 1978 | 25 | 3 |
| 1977 | 32 | 114 |
| 1976 | 16 | 15 |
| 1975 | 19 | 2 |
| 1974 | 20 | 83 |
| 1973 | 22 | 88 |
| 1972 | 58 | 24 |
| 1971 | 54 | 7 |
| 1970 | 77 | 7 |
| 1969 | 86 | 5 |
| 1968 | 29 | 1 |
| 1967 | 4 | 0 |
| 1966 | 4 | 2 |
| 1965 | 5 | 1 |
| 1964 | 0 | 0 |
| 1963 | 1 | 0 |
| 1962 | 2 | 0 |
| 1961 | 10 | 3 |
| 1960 | 8 | 3 |
| 1959 | 6 | 1 |
| 1958 | 7 | 18 |
| 1957 | 0 | 0 |
| 1956 | 2 | 1 |
| 1955 | 0 | 0 |
| 1954 | 1 | 1 |
| 1953 | 0 | 0 |
| 1952 | 4 | 2 |
| 1951 | 1 | 0 |
| 1950 | 4 | 0 |
| 1949 | 7 | 1 |
| 1948 | 7 | 26 |
| 1947 | 0 | 0 |
| 1946 | 0 | 0 |
| 1945 | 0 | 0 |
| 1944 | 0 | 0 |
| 1943 | 0 | 0 |
| 1942 | 0 | 0 |