Hijack '93 (2024) on Netflix
Four armed teenagers hijack a Nigerian Airways flight from Lagos and order the pilots to Frankfurt instead of Abuja. They call themselves MAD and demand the defense minister's resignation.
- Netflix2.0/5
- IMDb3.9/101,211 votes
- Rotten TomatoesNot available
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Plot summary
In October 1993, four teenage boys board a Nigerian Airways Boeing 747 at Lagos for the scheduled flight to Abuja. Skipper, Eruku, Owiwi and Iku are armed, and shortly after takeoff they take control of the aircraft. They announce that they belong to MAD, the Movement for the Actualization of Democracy, and order Captains Ambrose and Odion to turn the plane toward Frankfurt. They demand the resignation of the defense minister. Crew members Ada, Iyabo, Temitope and Ese are on board, and passengers panic as the takeover unfolds. The flight comes amid political unrest in Nigeria after the annulled June 1993 presidential election.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Hijack '93 (2024)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- Charles Okpaleke interviewed three of the four teenagers behind the real 1993 hijacking, who were by then in their 50s and had served over a decade in prison. He said they carried out the first ever plane hijack in Nigeria.
SPOILER
The real hijacking was reported to have caused no casualties, but the film dramatizes the events by showing a passenger shot and killed by one of the hijackers.- Hijack '93 secured a spot in the Top 10 across 61 countries, making it only the second Nigerian film to achieve that global reach.
- The real Nigerian Airways flight WT-470, an Airbus A310-221 flying from Lagos to Abuja, carried 132 passengers and 11 crew when four teenagers aged 16 to 18 hijacked it.
