Passenger jet hijacked in Turkey

[SpikeTss]

Source: CNN

ANTALYA, Turkey (CNN) -- A passenger jet bound for Istanbul made an emergency landing in southeast Turkey on Saturday after two men claiming to have a bomb hijacked the plane in Cyprus, according to witnesses on the plane.

According to local government officials in the southern Turkish city of Antalya, both hijackers, four passengers and two crew members remained on the AtlasJet Airlines plane and negotiations were ongoing.

The other 132 passengers and four crew members managed to escape safely from the plane's exits while the hijackers were releasing children and women after landing.

Read more: http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/08/18/turkey.hijack/

[Eugene]

1. Update at link: Turkish jet hijack ends peacefully

Source: CNN

updated 10 minutes ago

Turkish jet hijack ends peacefully

STORY HIGHLIGHTS
· Two men who hijacked a Turkish passenger jet surrender
  to authorities
· Atlasjet flight bound for Istanbul was forced to make
  emergency landing
· Hijackers claimed to have a bomb as the plane left Cyprus,
  witnesses claim
· Four passengers, two crew members had been taken hostage

From CNN's Talia Kayali

ANTALYA, Turkey (CNN) -- Two men who hijacked a Turkish
passenger jet bound for Istanbul have surrendered to authorities
and been escorted from the plane after releasing the remaining
passengers and crew they had been holding hostage.

The hijacking occurred earlier on Saturday when the Atlasjet
Airlines flight from Cyprus was forced to make an emergency
landing in southeastern Turkish city of Antalya after the
hijackers claimed to have a bomb, according to witnesses on
the plane.

Most of those aboard had managed to escape soon after landing,
but the two men had been holding four passengers and two crew
members hostage, local government officials said.

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Read more: http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/08/18/turkey.hijack

[ohio2007]

4. ( hijackers ) asked to be taken to either Iran or Syria, passengers said.

They said they were "brothers of the Muslims," witnesses said, as well as claiming to have a home-made bomb

http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/08/18/turkey.hijack/

Just a couple of nutjobs that can't get into Syria or Iran on their own ?

[The Sushi Bandit]

2. Passengers flee from hijack plane

Source: BBC

More than 100 passengers have managed to escape from a plane which landed in the southern Turkish city of Antalya following a hijack attempt.

The Atlas Jet plane was flying from Northern Cyprus to Istanbul when two men claiming to have a bomb tried to divert it to Tehran.




Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6952594.stm

[mcscajun]

3. Update: the Hijack attempt ended peacefully.

Turkish hijacking ends peacefully

Two men who tried to hijack a Turkish plane have surrendered after all 136 passengers and crew escaped unharmed.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6952594.stm

[ohio2007]

5. So much for getting a Turkish airliner to Tehran. Why Tehran?

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=123_1187426406
no matter
now its off to a Turkish prison for those two boobs