Attempt to hijack Turkish plane to Sochi foiled

February 08, 2014 09:46

BBC reports: A passenger announced yesterday "that there was a bomb on board" his plane and wanted it diverted to Sochi -- the Russian city hosting the Winter Olympics amid terrorism fears -- Turkish officials said.

The Pegasus Airlines' crew sent a hijacking alert that Turkey's Air Force Control Center. Twenty minutes later, the same report claimed two F-16 fighter jets scrambled to intercept the Boeing 737-800 and escort it over the Black Sea.

Eventually, the airliner landed safely at Istanbul's Sabiha Gokcen airport, where video shot soon thereafter showed police and security officials converging on it.

Istanbul's governor tweeted around 10 p.m. that "the air pirate has been neutralised".

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