Hijacking Horror in Belize: Knife-Wielding US Man Shot Dead Mid-Air by Passenger
April 17, 2025 Thursday a Hijacking Horror in Belize: Knife-Wielding US Man Shot Dead Mid-Air by Passenger. On a domestic Tropic Air flight on Thursday, a Hijacking Horror in Belize ended in chaos. A knife-wielding hijacker, a US citizen, was fatally shot dead by a passenger Mid-Air. The incident took place aboard a flight from Corozal to the popular tourist destination of San Pedro that injured three people including the pilot and the heroic passenger who intervened.