[rolph]

once your in the air you are effectively detained.

a large number of situations, contrived or otherwise, can result in emergency diversions.

you may want to be sure a connecting flight is legitimate when travelling in 'suspect' regions.

this would be high profile kidnapping, but a source of non SEA persons, that would be more convincing, and a source of international ransom revenues, espescially if they were also accused of some crime.

[mcpackieh]

An airliner being diverted for a kidnapping might happen if a country were trying to nab you, but that isn't a realistic scenario for a criminal gang to orchestrate.