I thought Clancy used the scenario twice, to end one book and to start the next. Captain Sato is assigned to fly a damaged, empty 747 from Washington to London. He knifes his copilot shortly before takeoff. Then he dives into the Capitol in the middle of a State of the Union address.
Oh that makes sense—I haven’t read either but they’re on my list.
Just finished “Term Limits” by Vince Flynn. It was written in the late 90s I believe, but describes the current situation perfectly. A group of people start watering the tree of liberty by taking out the most corrupt career politicians.