Nikola Kavaja on the cover of 'Serbian Army'

The Associated Press: Serb who hijacked US plane in 1979 dies: “Nikola Kavaja, who hijacked a U.S. passenger jet in 1979 with the intention of crashing it into Yugoslav Communist Party headquarters, has died.”

Nikola Kavaja: Interview with an assassin – The Independent: “Kavaja is 73, but he looks no older than 60. (…)

Our conversation took place over three mornings, with classical music playing softly in the background. Kavaja spoke slowly and quietly, with an air of determined precision. At times, he paused to place his hand on his forehead in search of a long-forgotten detail. As he spoke, Kavaja stared off in the distance at nothing at all, or else looked down at his booted feet.

Christopher S Stewart You were a Second World War prisoner, a Communist soldier, a CIA hitman, a hijacker, and now a fugitive on the run (among other things). Where to begin?

Nikola Kavaja Write down my name. N-I-K-O-L-A K-A-V-A-J-A. You can call me Nik.

Stewart That’s a start.”

(Via The Independent.)

See also:

Nikola Kavaja Story: How Not To Kill Tito

Lovac na Tito/The Hunt for Tito (1991), documentary (in Serbian)