The Kenyan native, 27, raced into the cockpit, took the plane's controls, and pulled the Boeing 747-400 into a sequence of nosedives.
In the notorious event in December 2000, a Kenyan native fought the pilots, overpowered them, and seized control of the aircraft.
During shouts from the 319 passengers, he even went beyond by biting one of the pilot's ears and finger. He was believed to have assumed control of the aircraft for about two minutes despite having no previous flying expertise. The jet dropped 19,000 feet from its original flying height of 30,000 feet during the fight.
One gallant passenger, Clarke Bynum, a former Clemson University basketball star, rescued the Nairobi-bound airliner from crashing.
Bynum raced into the cockpit and defeated the hijacker.