Passengers thwart Turkish jet hijack attempt
Almaty. January 6. Kazakhstan Today - Passengers on a Turkish Airlines jet have overpowered a man who tried to hijack their flight from Norway to Istanbul, the agency reports citing BBC.
Turkish media reported that the man put on a mask and tried to force his way into the cockpit, saying he had a bomb. He is said to have demanded that the plane return to Oslo before being subdued by passengers.
The man was arrested when the plane landed at Istanbul's Ataturk airport. No one was hurt.
Turkish media said the suspect was a Turkish citizen from a Kurdish village in the south-eastern region of Anatolia. The man's motives were unclear.
The Turkish Dogan news agency said the would-be hijacker had tried to force his way into the cockpit saying: "I have a bomb." The pilot raised the alarm and police said that when they entered the plane a passenger was sitting on top of the suspect. Passengers were quickly taken off the flight and the man was arrested. The bomb was found to be a fake, Dogan reported.
Police said a passenger had been sitting on top of the hijacker when they entered the plane, a Dogan journalist said. Police identified the hijacker as Cuma Yasar.
There were no reports of anyone being hurt in the incident.
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