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Plane, around his waste is what he claimed was a suicide belt. the egyptian hijacker was caught on surveillance camera inside egypts alexandria airport. he walks through a metal detector and airport security pats him down before hes cleared to board flight 181 to cairo. 45 minutes after takeoff, egyptian nationals takes the 69 people onboard hostage, and warns hes wearing an explosive suicide belt. >> one of the people told us weve been hijacked. but she didnt even say if he was armed or not or ...

Developments like this one, where you can work and learn and play and where you can have more massive transportation and you can have all together in the city. >> when doral incorporated, it was part of dade county. it was never meant to be a city. >> here is an area that doesnt have a downtown, that doesnt have a center, all of a sudden, wants to call themselves a city. a lot of warehouses, office buildings, employment based. the regular population of doral is 45,000 people. during the day, it ...

First time. 300 feet long and 60 feet longer than the worlds biggest airliners. british company spent the past nine years developing it. it has enough helium to fill 15 olympic size swimming pools. it can take off vertically and land on almost any surface, including ice, the desert and water, and is set to take a test flight this year. >> where is it? >> the u.k. >> all right. thank you, chris. >> welcome. >> on this day in 1999, two pilots completed the first nonstop trip around the globe in a ...

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Lines. >> all of a sudden, theres this flash. i mean, flash, and it took all of our breaths way. >> you know, the balloon could burn, it could catch on fire. the tanks could explode and kill people. >> but circuit breakers automatically cut the power from the line temporarily. >> so, im thinking, my god, what are they going to do? you know, its -- i cant see how theyre going to get down from there without something happening. >> the balloon is suspended in a deadly tangle of high-tension wires. ...

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Checking your bags or your person. >> one of the reasons for the rise of contemporary international terrorism was the development of modern jet air transportation. these were nationally labeled containers of potential hostages at 35,000 feet. >> good evening. the middle east conflict boiled over today with four airplane hijackings, including one that was aborted at londons heathrow airport. >> today palestinian commandos took over a british airliner, the fourth successful hijacking in as many da...