Forum Newsfront

January, 1972

Skyjacker SyndromeAt least in this country, the typical airplane highjacker is a man with little or no sex life, neurotic fantasies concerning space, motion and gravity, and a childhood history of fleeing from a violent father to a mother who was a religious nut. This portrait of a skyjacker has been assembled by Dr. David G. Hubbard of Dallas, who studied some 40 persons imprisoned for attempting to commandeer airplanes. Writing in the medical magazine AMA Update, Dr. Hubbard reported that if t...