News Flash! We speak English in America. Unfortunately the native languages have been mostly forgotten.
At any rate, yes, you're correct that is ONE sense of the verb to commandeer, but lo and behold my English friend, there is yet another...
commandeer - definition of commandeer by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia.
1. To force into military service.
2. To seize for military use; confiscate.
3. To take arbitrarily or by force.
Commandeer is the correct term to describe the action of taking an aircraft by force whether for military service or otherwise.
LANGUAGE IS DYNAMIC AND FLEXIBLE.
