Flight to Fear

By Tom Belina

Book Overview

A young woman's trip to Jamaica becomes a nightmare when Flight 136 is hijacked by three terrorists.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0516021559
• ISBN13: 9780516021553
• Release Date: January 1978
• Publisher: Children's Press(CT)
• Age Range: 9 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 4 and higher

Customer Reviews

Intense story of an airline hijacking written for the teen market

This is an intense story written for the teen market. Linda Logan is on a flight from Dallas to Jamaica and she notices a man behaving oddly. Even though he passes all security checks, he still frightens her. It turns out that her instincts were correct. He is one of a team of hijackers with bombs strapped to their bodies. They force the crew to simulate a crash by diving towards the sea while issuing a mayday hail. The pilot is instructed to pull out of the dive at the last second and then fly on to Belize, where the hijackers have removed the jungle growth from an old airfield. The ransom demands are issued, but Linda manages to escape and find help from an unlikely academic source. When the soldiers arrive, she bravely volunteers to go back to help free the remaining hostages. The story is tense, the action is exciting and you are relieved when the hostages are freed. I enjoyed the story and recommend it to teen audiences.