ACE LEO Module 1 Questions with Correct
Answers 2025
1st Highjacking Civil Aviation - CORRECT ANSWER -
Feb 31 1931 Peru Revolutionaries propaganda 10 day standoff
1st Bombing involving civil aviation - CORRECT ANSWER -
May 1949 time bomb Philippine Air killed businessman by wife and lover
1st Major Act of Criminal Violence against US aircraft - CORRECT ANSWER -
Nov 1, 1955 1852 UAL 629 DC-
6B 39PAX killed by bomb by Jack Gilbert Graham placed bomb on mother Daisie E. King Bri
efcase
First Persons in the U.S. to be Sentenced to Prison for Hijacking a Commercial Aircraft -
CORRECT ANSWER -August 3, 1961 Leon and Cody Bearden B707 from PHX -
ELP wanted to go to Cuba gear and tires shot no injuries
Suicide by dynamite - CORRECT ANSWER -
May 1962 Continental Air Flight 11 1st US blown up PAX Jet. 45 PAX from ORD -
LAX Life insurance money for fam.
BTWN 1961 - 1972 - CORRECT ANSWER -
159 Highjacking US Airspace 130 btwn 1968/1972 more than 1 in a day sometimes. Reason
Cuba/civil right/terrorism/vendettas
Court Martialed Marine Hijacks Airplane from Los Angeles to Rome - CORRECT ANSWER -
Oct 28, 1969 Raffaele Minichiello, USMC stole $200 (watches) martialed. Bought M1 250 ro
unds boarded TWA Flight 85 B707 from LAX to SFO flirt his luggage in. Offloaded PAX at DE
N flew to JFK, Maine, Ireland, Rome. 19 hour Highjacking 7000 miles. 18 month jail
,First Hijacking of a U.S. Aircraft Outside the Western Hemisphere - CORRECT ANSWER -
1969 Rome Italy to Ben Gurion Tel Aviv Israel. 2 Palestinian Terrorist's diverted TWA Flight 8
50 to Damascus Syria First woman highjacking blew up nose no injuries Arrested later EI AI
Flight from Amsterdam to JFK. Later let go exchange for hostages.
Dawson's Field - CORRECT ANSWER -
Sep 1970 4 aircraft for JFK and 1 for London were highjacked by Popular Front for the Liber
ation of Palestine (PFLP). 3 planes landed Dawson Field Zarka Jordan emptied and exploded.
310 hostages 56 were kept Sep 11 exchange for one highjacker. one highjacker shot killed.
D.B. Cooper Hijacking - CORRECT ANSWER -
1971 D.B. Cooper Claimed had a Bomb Flight from PDX landed SEA collected 200K freed PA
X parachuted off.
Hijacking of Southern Airways Flight 49 - CORRECT ANSWER -
October 1972 Southern Air Flight 49 Louis Moore vs City of Detroit. Was joined by Henry Ja
ckson and arrested for sexual assault. DC9 Flight 49 Arrested in Cuba
Lod Airport Massacre - CORRECT ANSWER -
May 30, 1972 Tel Aviv Israel Japanese Red Army recruited by PFLP. 26 people killed 80 injur
ed. Assault rifles, grenades.
Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Develops Airport Surveillance Program -
CORRECT ANSWER -
1974 DEA developed airport surveillance program for travelers of known "source" "use" citie
s
Bomb Explodes Near Pan Am Ticket Counter at LAX - CORRECT ANSWER -
Aug 6, 1974 2 skycaps 1 more person and 36 pthers injured. Bomb set of inside locker at P
an Am counter LAX. Yugoslavian terrorist Muharem Kurbegovic (alphabet bomber) with Alie
ns of America. Lockers moved to sterile and removed after.
, Bomb Planted on a Pan Am Airplane from Japan to Honolulu - CORRECT ANSWER -
1982 Bomb exploded on Pan AM Flight 830 from Tokyo to Honolulu. Bomb under seat by
Mohammed Rashid with 15 May Organization. Bomb place from previous flight to detonate
before landing. Killed 15 year old and wounded 15 PAX. 1 by 3 hole into plane. Landed safe
ly.
TWA Hijacking in Greece - CORRECT ANSWER -
June 14, 1985 Mohammed ALi Hamadei plus another terrorist highjacked a TWA flew to Alg
iers. Shot killed Navy PAX. Crossed Mediterrain several times. PAX and crew released after 1
7 days.
Rome and Vienna Airports' Terror Attacks - CORRECT ANSWER -
1985 7 Arab terrorist's with Abu Nidal Organization attacked Leonardo da Vinci-
Fiumicino Airport in Rome and Vienna International Airport in Vienna Austria. 19 deaths an
d 130 injured. PAX at EI AI Airlines were targeted.
Air India and Narita Airport Bombings - CORRECT ANSWER -
1985 329 PAX killed on Air India Flight 182. Bomb inside cargo set off at 31000ft. This bom
bing was linked to Narita Airport bombing that killed two baggage handlers because bomb
when off due to delayed flight. Sikh and Kashmiri terrorist were blamed. Bomber was event
ually caught.
PSA Employee David Burke Kills His Supervisor and All On Board PSA Flight 1771 -
CORRECT ANSWER -
1987 David Burke former USAir employee was terminated for stealing and drug smuggling.
Brought a gun using credentials. Shot supervisor and pilots crashed aircraft 43 ppl killed.
Pan Am Flight 103 Bombing over Lockerbie, Scotland - CORRECT ANSWER -
December 21, 1988 Pan Am FLight 103. Exploded by state sponsored terrorist plot. Killed 20
7 ppl including 11 on ground. Mostly USA PAX. Terrorist ABdelbaset al-
Megrahi was employed by Libyan Arab Airlines in Libyan as agent. Muammar Gaddafi claim
ed responsibility. Pan Am left a voice mail to the families.
Answers 2025
1st Highjacking Civil Aviation - CORRECT ANSWER -
Feb 31 1931 Peru Revolutionaries propaganda 10 day standoff
1st Bombing involving civil aviation - CORRECT ANSWER -
May 1949 time bomb Philippine Air killed businessman by wife and lover
1st Major Act of Criminal Violence against US aircraft - CORRECT ANSWER -
Nov 1, 1955 1852 UAL 629 DC-
6B 39PAX killed by bomb by Jack Gilbert Graham placed bomb on mother Daisie E. King Bri
efcase
First Persons in the U.S. to be Sentenced to Prison for Hijacking a Commercial Aircraft -
CORRECT ANSWER -August 3, 1961 Leon and Cody Bearden B707 from PHX -
ELP wanted to go to Cuba gear and tires shot no injuries
Suicide by dynamite - CORRECT ANSWER -
May 1962 Continental Air Flight 11 1st US blown up PAX Jet. 45 PAX from ORD -
LAX Life insurance money for fam.
BTWN 1961 - 1972 - CORRECT ANSWER -
159 Highjacking US Airspace 130 btwn 1968/1972 more than 1 in a day sometimes. Reason
Cuba/civil right/terrorism/vendettas
Court Martialed Marine Hijacks Airplane from Los Angeles to Rome - CORRECT ANSWER -
Oct 28, 1969 Raffaele Minichiello, USMC stole $200 (watches) martialed. Bought M1 250 ro
unds boarded TWA Flight 85 B707 from LAX to SFO flirt his luggage in. Offloaded PAX at DE
N flew to JFK, Maine, Ireland, Rome. 19 hour Highjacking 7000 miles. 18 month jail
,First Hijacking of a U.S. Aircraft Outside the Western Hemisphere - CORRECT ANSWER -
1969 Rome Italy to Ben Gurion Tel Aviv Israel. 2 Palestinian Terrorist's diverted TWA Flight 8
50 to Damascus Syria First woman highjacking blew up nose no injuries Arrested later EI AI
Flight from Amsterdam to JFK. Later let go exchange for hostages.
Dawson's Field - CORRECT ANSWER -
Sep 1970 4 aircraft for JFK and 1 for London were highjacked by Popular Front for the Liber
ation of Palestine (PFLP). 3 planes landed Dawson Field Zarka Jordan emptied and exploded.
310 hostages 56 were kept Sep 11 exchange for one highjacker. one highjacker shot killed.
D.B. Cooper Hijacking - CORRECT ANSWER -
1971 D.B. Cooper Claimed had a Bomb Flight from PDX landed SEA collected 200K freed PA
X parachuted off.
Hijacking of Southern Airways Flight 49 - CORRECT ANSWER -
October 1972 Southern Air Flight 49 Louis Moore vs City of Detroit. Was joined by Henry Ja
ckson and arrested for sexual assault. DC9 Flight 49 Arrested in Cuba
Lod Airport Massacre - CORRECT ANSWER -
May 30, 1972 Tel Aviv Israel Japanese Red Army recruited by PFLP. 26 people killed 80 injur
ed. Assault rifles, grenades.
Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Develops Airport Surveillance Program -
CORRECT ANSWER -
1974 DEA developed airport surveillance program for travelers of known "source" "use" citie
s
Bomb Explodes Near Pan Am Ticket Counter at LAX - CORRECT ANSWER -
Aug 6, 1974 2 skycaps 1 more person and 36 pthers injured. Bomb set of inside locker at P
an Am counter LAX. Yugoslavian terrorist Muharem Kurbegovic (alphabet bomber) with Alie
ns of America. Lockers moved to sterile and removed after.
, Bomb Planted on a Pan Am Airplane from Japan to Honolulu - CORRECT ANSWER -
1982 Bomb exploded on Pan AM Flight 830 from Tokyo to Honolulu. Bomb under seat by
Mohammed Rashid with 15 May Organization. Bomb place from previous flight to detonate
before landing. Killed 15 year old and wounded 15 PAX. 1 by 3 hole into plane. Landed safe
ly.
TWA Hijacking in Greece - CORRECT ANSWER -
June 14, 1985 Mohammed ALi Hamadei plus another terrorist highjacked a TWA flew to Alg
iers. Shot killed Navy PAX. Crossed Mediterrain several times. PAX and crew released after 1
7 days.
Rome and Vienna Airports' Terror Attacks - CORRECT ANSWER -
1985 7 Arab terrorist's with Abu Nidal Organization attacked Leonardo da Vinci-
Fiumicino Airport in Rome and Vienna International Airport in Vienna Austria. 19 deaths an
d 130 injured. PAX at EI AI Airlines were targeted.
Air India and Narita Airport Bombings - CORRECT ANSWER -
1985 329 PAX killed on Air India Flight 182. Bomb inside cargo set off at 31000ft. This bom
bing was linked to Narita Airport bombing that killed two baggage handlers because bomb
when off due to delayed flight. Sikh and Kashmiri terrorist were blamed. Bomber was event
ually caught.
PSA Employee David Burke Kills His Supervisor and All On Board PSA Flight 1771 -
CORRECT ANSWER -
1987 David Burke former USAir employee was terminated for stealing and drug smuggling.
Brought a gun using credentials. Shot supervisor and pilots crashed aircraft 43 ppl killed.
Pan Am Flight 103 Bombing over Lockerbie, Scotland - CORRECT ANSWER -
December 21, 1988 Pan Am FLight 103. Exploded by state sponsored terrorist plot. Killed 20
7 ppl including 11 on ground. Mostly USA PAX. Terrorist ABdelbaset al-
Megrahi was employed by Libyan Arab Airlines in Libyan as agent. Muammar Gaddafi claim
ed responsibility. Pan Am left a voice mail to the families.
