Western Airlines Flight 701

Western Airlines Flight 701 was hijacked on June 2, 1972 by Willie Roger Holder and Catherine Marie Kerkow.[1] Initially intending to divert the plane to North Vietnam, Holder and Kerkow ended up in Algeria, where they joined up with the International Section of the Black Panther Party. After living in France for a number of years, the couple separated; Holder returned to the United States and Kerkow disappeared.[2][3][4][5][6]

It is the subject of Brendan I. Koerner's 2013 non-fiction work The Skies Belong to Us.[7]

Further reading

References

  1. ↑ Brendan I. Koerner (June 18, 2013). "SKYJACKED: THE STRANGE HISTORY OF PLANE HIJACKINGS IN AMERICA". Wired. Retrieved March 6, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Hijack Suspects Arrested". Ocala Star-Banner. January 26, 1975. Retrieved March 6, 2015.
  3. ↑ Lynn Feigenbaum (January 27, 1975). "Hijack suspects seized in Paris". The Miami News. Retrieved March 6, 2015.
  4. ↑ "France hands over suspect in 1972 hijacking". The Deseret News. July 27, 1986. Retrieved March 6, 2015.
  5. ↑ Wolfgang Saxon (July 27, 1986). "EX-BLACK PANTHER EXTRADITED TO U.S.". New York Times. Retrieved March 6, 2015.
  6. ↑ H. G. Reza (July 18, 1991). "Convicted Hijacker Arrested in New Plot : Crime: Willie Holder, who forced jetliner to Algeria in 1972, allegedly planned to take over an aircraft at Lindbergh Field.". LA Times. Retrieved March 6, 2015.
  7. ↑ Dwight Garner (June 13, 2013). "Bonnie and Clyde, the Aerial Version". New York Times. Retrieved March 6, 2015.