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Sudanese plane hijacked to Chad; hijacker arrested
A man armed with a pistol hijacked a Sudanese airliner on Wednesday and tried to force it to fly to Britain, but it diverted to neighbouring Chad where he was arrested and the passengers released unharmed.
| The hijacker was armed with a pistol and a knife. He demanded that the crew fly him to Great Britain but, due to lack of fuel, the plane had to land at NDjamena. |
Chadian officials said the hijacker, a young Sudanese man, said he was trying to escape persecution in his own country. The Sudanese Air West Boeing 737 with 103 passengers and crew on board was on a domestic flight from Khartoum to el-Fasher in the conflict-torn Darfur region when it was hijacked 30 minutes after takeoff. The hijacker was armed with a pistol and a knife. He demanded that the crew fly him to Great Britain but, due to lack of fuel, the plane had to land at NDjamena, Chads Infrastructure Minister Adoum Younousmi told Reuters. He has been arrested and will answer for his actions ... Chad is not a sanctuary for terrorists, he added.
Posted by: Fred 2007-01-25 |
