manhunt began when hijacker minichiello fled from the hostage he had taken by car from rome airport, the chief of airport police and disappeared into the countryside." on halloween of 1969, u.s. marine raffaele minichiello hijacked an l.a.to san francisco flight and stopped in denver, new york, bangor, maine and shannon, ireland on his way to rome. "would you do it again?" "go home! go home." covering 6900 miles, it was the longest hijacking in history and had coverage nearly ever step along the way. in late 1970, the u.s. got 75 countries to sign the hague hijacking convention. an international agreement for how to prevent and punish hijackers worldwide. but it would take three years until there was a real decline in the practice. that's when cuba and the u.s. worked out a deal that would let the hijackers stand trial in the states.