Tag: hijack
Italy driver hijacks, torches school bus carrying dozens of children
ROME: Italian police on Wednesday rescued 51 children taken hostage by their school bus driver, who doused the vehicle in petrol and set it...
Attempt to hijack plane in Bangladesh foiled
DHAKA: Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight made an emergency landing at the Shah Amanat International Airport in Chittagong, following a reported hijack attempt.
According to witnesses...
Pilot ‘mistakenly’ triggers hijack scare on Kandahar-bound plane at Delhi airport
NEW DELHI: A hijack scare on a Kandahar-bound flight sent security officials at the Delhi international airport into tizzy on Saturday after the pilot "mistakenly"...
Malta hijack ends peacefully as Gaddafi loyalists surrender
Hijackers armed with what were probably replica weapons forced an airliner to land in Malta on Friday before freeing all their hostages unharmed and...
Hijacked Libyan plane lands in Malta with 118 on board: media
An airliner on an internal flight in Libya was hijacked and diverted to Malta where it landed on Friday, Maltese media reported.
The Airbus A320...
