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- Status
- Wanted
- Agency
- FBI
- Notice
- FBI Wanted
- Issued
- 2014
- Checked
Ishmail Muslim Ali
The FBI lists Ishmail Muslim Ali on its Wanted list (notice published in 2014). The notice says Ali is wanted for: Crime Aboard an Aircraft - Aircraft Piracy.
He is described as 1.88 m tall, weighing about 82 kg, with brown eyes and black hair. Born on 12 August 1947, he would now be 79.
Charges, as published
- Crime Aboard an Aircraft - Aircraft Piracy
Case details, as published by FBI
Ishmail Muslim Ali is wanted for his alleged involvement in the December 31, 1984, hijacking of American Airlines Flight 626 en route from St. Croix, United States Virgin Islands, to John F. Kennedy International Airport in Queens, New York. Ali, who was aboard the plane as a prisoner being transferred from the islands to a prison in New York, allegedly used a handgun hidden in the bathroom of the plane to hijack the plane to Havana, Cuba. At the time of the crime, Ali was serving eight life sentences for the murders of eight tourists in St. Croix. A federal arrest warrant was issued for Ali in the United States District Court, Eastern District of New York, on April 17, 1985, after he was charged with aircraft piracy.
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