Aeroplane Hijack Riddle

A man hijacks an aeroplane transporting both passengers(8 of them) and valuable cargo. After taking the cargo, the man demands nine parachutes, puts one of them on, and jumps, leaving the other eight behind. Why did he want eight?

Aeroplane Hijack Riddle




Similar Riddles

A man is found dead with a knife in his back When the investigation is done. A chair lays beside him and the forensic team finds moisture around the body.

If he committed suicide, how did he do it?

Asked by Neha on 29 Nov 2025


It's a test that will check your IQ.

Suppose you have one 11 minute hourglass and one 13 minute hourglass.

Can you measure exactly fifteen minutes using them ?

Asked by Neha on 01 Jul 2021

Solve the mathematical equation in the picture below.

Math Equation Picture

Asked by Neha on 16 May 2023


A shepherd had 18 sheep, out of which, all but ten died.

Can you tell us how many sheep was he left with?

Asked by Neha on 10 Mar 2024

Count the number of triangles in the below picture?

Triangles Count

Asked by Neha on 12 Oct 2023

If two's company, and three's a crowd, then whats four and five ?

Complicated counting

Asked by Neha on 22 Feb 2021


Find the next number in the following series:
6, 14, 26, 98, __?

Asked by Neha on 16 Feb 2026

There was a blind man. He had four socks in his drawer either black or white. He opened it and took out two socks. Now the probability that it was a pair of white socks is 1/2.

Can you find out the probability that he had taken out a pair of black socks ?

Asked by Neha on 19 Mar 2023

How many triangles are there on the puzzle below?

Let

Asked by Neha on 10 Feb 2024


Can you find the hidden animal in the picture below?

Find Animal In Picture Riddle

Asked by Neha on 14 Apr 2021

Hot Articles

Amazing Facts

Out of the Box

The phrase “thinking outside the box” was popularised from the solution to a topographical puzzle involving 9 dots in a box shape.