Turkish plane hijacked, most passengers free
Reuters

August 18, 2007


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ANKARA (Reuters) - A Turkish passenger plane heading for Istanbul from northern Cyprus was hijacked on Saturday and forced to land in Turkey where most of the 136 passengers were freed, the airline said.

Turkish media quoted the local governor as saying four passengers and two crew members remained on the hijacked plane.

Most passengers were freed after the plane was forced to land in Antalya on the south coast, as it did not have enough fuel to go to Iran as the hijackers wanted, Atlas Jet CEO Tuncay Doganer said.

"There are a small number of people remaining. I estimate that in short period this operation will be finished," Doganer told private broadcaster NTV, which reported that passengers had forced the doors open to escape from the two hijackers.

TV footage showed passengers running from the plane's side and back doors. NTV quoted one witness as saying the hijackers had said they were members of al Qaeda and another as saying they spoke Arabic and wanted to go to Syria.

The plane, which was flying from Ercan airport in Turkish-backed northern Cyprus to Istanbul when it was hijacked.

Cyprus, a major tourist destination, is divided between the internationally recognized government in the south and an enclave in the north recognized only by Ankara.

Plane hijacks and bomb threats are not uncommon in Turkey, where a number of radical groups ranging from Kurdish separatists to far-left militants operate. In the last year or so several incidents have been resolved without any passengers being harmed.

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Its already over, they gave themselfs up and let the people go :thumbsup: does anyone have any details on the surredoring details? I'm interested in how it was resoved.
You Turks must have good negotiators! :applause:

In the USA on the news they didn't say it was from N. Cyprus... they just said simply Cyprus! :damn: :dump:

Other than what these hijackers allegedly said, is there any other indication that these individuals were affiliated with Al Qaeda? And if they were, what would the implications of that be?

this was a very funy hýghjack .

plane was from cyprus to istanbul.
and after take off 3 men rush to cockpit.
and want to open it. but coundnt.
so they shout we will explode the plane. some pasengers saýd what are u doýng
they saýd we are muslim blablabla and want to go to iran.

and people saýd thýs ýs turkish plane and we ar emuslims are u nuts.

and plane fastly land to antalya .

and when they land
pilots run from the plane. and terorists saýd all woman and chindren can leave the plane. while the woman and children was leavýng the plane . some male pasangers break the rear door ( turkish power , not openýng ýt breakýng a plane door). and evacuated the plane in 2 mili second . and terorýsts could only keep 4 hostes and 4 pasengers . and rest flee. :lol: :lol: :lol:

and saturday mornýng . ý was watchýng tv and tvchanel had conectýon with the one of the pasengers ýn the plane.

are you ok !!

we are all ok.

how many people are there as hostage?.

4 and 4 hostes.

waht are u doýng now ?
smoking and talkýng with you .

ok and the terorýst ?

they are ok too. :lol: :lol: he realy saýd that.

ý mean what are they doýng ???

they are smokýng with us too. :hammer:

and are they turkish
one turkýsh the other 2 arabýc !

what do they want ?
they want to go to iran . they hate usa.

and so ýt goes as stupýd as thýsss.

and at last turkýs terorýst speak wýth hýs father
and hýs father saýd you area disgraceful son. how could you do thýs to muslým world. reales the hostages. they are ýnocent ..

and he understood that they were wrong ??? :blink:

and stop the action..

by the way two cops enter the plane as repair guys to fix the broken door.

and swat from ankara was just about to enter the plane.

so the stupid hýgh jack ýnsýdent fýnýsh...

:hahaha:

I'm glad noone was hurt, and I hope they let the hijackers out sometime...
Great report, thanks!

as the terorýsts smoking pasengers run from the plane like this haha
we are fast ha!!!!

;)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6fujzzqgpY

look at 15 second they dont break the door they break the back of plane and runn.