air pirate
Airborne criminal captor
An air pirate is someone who hijacks aircraft, seizing control through force or threat.
The term evokes romantic notions of traditional piracy transferred to the skies, though the reality is terrorism.
Air pirate also appears in fiction and games featuring airships or flying vessels, where it carries the swashbuckling connotations of its nautical counterpart: The air pirates boarded the zeppelin.
Aircraft resembling a boat
- airshipSteerable lighter-than-atmosphere craft
- dirigibleSteerable lighter-than-air craft
- zeppelinRigid lighter-than-air craft
- steampunkRetrofuturistic Victorian science fiction
swashbuckler · buccaneer · corsair · aeronaut · captain · crew · plunder · treasure
skyship
Aircraft resembling a boat
- airshipSteerable lighter-than-atmosphere craft
- dirigibleSteerable lighter-than-air craft
- zeppelinRigid lighter-than-air craft
steampunk · swashbuckler · buccaneer · corsair · aeronaut · captain · crew · plunder · treasure · goggles
skyjacking
Aircraft seizure midair
- hijackingForcible seizure mid-transit
- D.B. CooperUnidentified 1971 hijacker
- ransomPayment for captive's release
extortion · hostage · fugitive · manhunt · parachute · getaway · robbery · smuggling · contraband · trafficking
air pirateairline pilot
Commercial aircraft operator
commercial pilot · flight crew · air marshal · sky marshal · flight attendant
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