Passengers thwart Turkish jet hijack attempt

[The Straight Story]

Passengers thwart Turkish jet hijack attempt
Police take suspect from plane in Istanbul Turkish police led the suspect away following the hijack attempt

Passengers on a Turkish Airlines jet have overpowered a man who tried to hijack their flight from Norway to Istanbul, security sources say.

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.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-12124802

[TommyO]

1. This is why it's highly unlikely that an attack like that of 9/11 will be successful again

Passengers will not allow it.

[DCKit]

2. +1

If you're gonna die, you may as well go down fighting.

[FLPanhandle]

3. Before a hi-jacking meant going to Cuba or somewhere

Now, it means death. Hijackings will not be sat through peacefully by passengers ever again.

[jannyk]

4. "He demanded the plane return to Oslo..."?

It came from Oslo. He boarded in Oslo. He was already in Oslo. So why get on the fucking plane in the first place?!?

[TheDebbieDee]

5. Maybe he was the stupid "advance" terrorist sent to see

how badly the next hi-jacking would be beaten by the passengers!

[Staph]

6. Okay . . . I've got a stupid question.

Why did the guy put on a mask? Did he think that someone might recognize him? After he had been sitting on the plane for who-know-how-long? Does that make any sense at all?