Chapter 1422: Motive for hijacking
"Haha!" After listening to Chen Lei's humorous explanation, everyone burst into laughter.
"Brother Chen, you haven't explained my question yet? Since the hijacked plane has been parked on the ground, it is said that there should be no more danger of crashing, so how can it still cause a large number of casualties? Unless the hijackers themselves are tired of life, and after returning to the ground, they blast the plane and live and die with the plane and passengers. The question is, since people don't want to live anymore, why do they choose to go back to the ground and die? Isn't dying in heaven closer to heaven? Cui Yingying said.
"Haha!" Cui Yingying's question made everyone laugh again.
"The question raised by the warbler girl, although it is a little funny, is indeed a very real question. Before answering this question, let me introduce you to a set of data on the motives of hijackers. According to data provided by Interpol, 68 per cent of all cases of hijacking of civil aircraft are politically motivated; 16 percent of those who attempt to emigrate to other countries by hijacking planes in order to get rid of the control of their own laws; Sixteen percent of the hijackings were caused by mental disorders and other reasons. In other words, more than two-thirds of hijackings were politically motivated, indicating that the majority of hijackings were politically related. Chen Lei introduced.
"The question is, is there any necessary connection between the political motive of the hijacking and the large number of casualties?" Cui Yingying asked.
"Not only is there a close connection between the two, but they are also a major contributor to the high number of casualties." Chen Lei said affirmatively.
"Why?"
"In cases of hijacking of a general nature, Governments usually take the approach of satisfying the hijackers' demands as much as possible in order to ensure the safety of the hostages. As for political hijacking cases, such as the exchange of hostages for arrested accomplices by terrorist organizations, and the exchange of hostages for ransom as funds for terrorist activities, the vast majority of governments, especially those major Western powers, often adopt an attitude of refusing to compromise......"
"Why should the government refuse their demands, regardless of the life or death of the hostages? This is too inconsistent with the standards of human rights supremacy in Western countries. Cui Yingying said.
"Although Western countries claim to put human rights above all powers, they also have a very strong sense of pragmatism, and they choose to refuse to compromise on the trade-off between the right to exist and terrorism. Their logic is that compromise with terrorism will encourage more terrorist activities and cause more trouble. Therefore, they will never open the door to the demands of terrorists. Chen Lei said.
"As a government, can it really watch its citizens being killed by terrorists? If this is the case, is such a government too cold-blooded? Geng Qian said.
"Not really. These countries did so on the basis of their confidence in the rescue of the hostages. Their usual practice is to send their own anti-terrorist commandos to carry out hostage rescue operations. For example, in June 1976, Israel's 'Mossad' Uganda rescued hostages, in October 1977, Germany's 'GSG9' Somali anti-hijacking incident, and in August this year, the United States CIA Iran rescued hostages. ”
"I understand that the reason why a large number of casualties can be caused must be caused by the exchange of fire between the commandos and the hijackers when they are rescuing the hostages." Geng Qian said.
Geng Qian's sister is right, because it is impossible for the government to compromise with the hijackers and make deals, so there is only one way to take force to rescue the hostages. In such a small space, casualties are absolutely inevitable. However, if handled properly, casualties can be minimized. For example, in June 1976, Israel's 'Mossad' Uganda cross-border hostage rescue incident, in which only 3 of the 103 people on the plane died; for example, in October 1977, the German 'GSG9' Somali anti-hijacking incident, in which 82 people were injured, none of the hostages died. ”
"Oh, isn't that without a lot of casualties?" Geng Qian said.
"No, it's just a relatively successful case of hostage rescue. There have been a number of hijackings, which have resulted in a large number of fatalities due to improper handling. For example, after an Egyptian airliner was hijacked by terrorists, the Egyptian anti-terrorist commandos, when rescuing the hostages at the airport, did not have an accurate grasp of the situation in the cabin, did not estimate the ferocity and brutality of the hijackers, did not anticipate the difficulties faced by the raid, and the raid plan was not perfect, which eventually led to a large number of casualties among the hostages on board. Of the 97 people on board, 60 were killed and 34 were injured, and the consequences were extremely tragic. Chen Lei introduced.
"Captain Chen, you've talked a lot about the hijacking case, shouldn't you answer Mr. Fu's question?" Wu Qianqian asked.
"Yes, it's time for me to answer Mr. Fu's question. Actually, I believe you already have the answer to this question in your minds......"