According to officials, A Ukrainian man tried to hijack a Turkey-bound flight to Sochi, Russia, as the Winter Olympics were kicking off Friday, but the pilot tricked him and landed in Istanbul instead, where he was stealthily detained after a four-hour stand-off on a plane full of passengers.
According to the television media, A Turkish F-16 fighter was scrambled as soon as the pilot on the Pegasus Airlines flight from Kharkiv, Ukraine, with 110 passengers aboard signaled there was a hijacking attempt. It escorted the plane safely to its original destination at Sabiha Gokcen airport in Istanbul.
According to the Huseyin Avni Multu (Istanbul governor), through a very successful implementation by our pilot and crew, the plane was landed in Istanbul instead of Sochi.
According to the Huseyin Avni Mutlu (Istanbul Governor), suspected hijacker was arrested after a stand-off during which a negotiator convinced him to first allow women and children to be evacuated and later agreed to let all other passengers off the plane as well.
Huseyin Avni Mutlu said that, our security units sneaked through various entrances during the evacuation of the passengers and with a quick and effective intervention the hijacker was subdued.
Huseyin Avni Mutlu also said that, no bomb was found.
Hijacking of Passenger Turkish Plane to Sochi Failed
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