Leila Khaled
'I Had to Be the Voice of Women': The First Female Hijacker Shares Her Story
On August 29, 1969, 25-year-old Leila Khaled made her way into the cockpit of TWA Flight 870 and commandeered the plane on behalf of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. After that, she became known equally as an icon and a terrorist.
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