Where and when was the first attempted hijacking of an airplane on U.S. soil?

Brainyblonde

1958 November 1: First Cuba-to-U.S. hijacking. A Cubana en route from Miami to Varadero to Havana was hijacked by Cuban militants. The hijackers were trying to land at Sierra Cristal in Eastern Cuba to deliver weapons to Raul Castro's rebels. As night approached, eventually the plane ran out of fuel and tried an emergency landing at the Preston sugar mill, it did not make it and instead landed in the ocean breaking apart killing most passengers and crew. 1960: The first US-to-Cuba hijacking 1971: D. B. Cooper hijacks Northwest Orient Airlines flight 305 and obtains $200,000 ransom for the release of the plane's passengers. Cooper proceeds to parachute from the rear of the Boeing 727 and is never found. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aircraft_hijacking#Background Jul 31 06, 4:51 PM

denmarks

Incorrect. The referred to hijacking was on U.S. soil, not in the air. Jul 31 06, 4:59 PM

elburcher

First U.S. Aircraft Hijacked, May 1, 1961: Puerto Rican born Antuilo Ramierez Ortiz forced at gunpoint a National Airlines plane to fly to Havana, Cuba, where he was given asylum. http://www.milnet.com/state/2000/5902pf.htm Jul 31 06, 5:23 PM

denmarks

As I have stated I am asking for the first "ATTEMPTED" hijacking "ON U.S SOIL". On all answers so far the hijacker got on the plane and hijacked it after it took off. As a hint I have an article from my hometown newspaper dated today with the story. Jul 31 06, 5:31 PM

peasypod

This would be July 31, 1961. (Chico Municipal Airport). http://chicoer.com/newshome/ci_4116071 Jul 31 06, 5:48 PM

Brainyblonde

1974 February 22: Samuel Byck shot and killed Maryland Aviation Administration Police Officer Neal Ramsburg at BWI before storming aboard Delta Air Lines flight 523 to Atlanta. He gained access to the cockpit while the plane was on the ground, intending to assassinate President Nixon by flying the DC-9 into the White House. He shot both the pilot and the copilot before he was shot through the aircraft window by another officer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aircraft_hijacking Jul 31 06, 5:50 PM

denmarks

Peasypod got it right. I never knew and I live in Chico. I read it in the paper today. Jul 31 06, 6:09 PM