Drunk sparks hijack alert on Turkish flight
Passengers on the aircraft, which had taken off from the Turkish resort of Antalya bound for St Petersburg in Russia, disarmed the man, a spokeswoman for Turkey’s main airport operator TAV said. No bomb or weapon was found on him.
How’s that again? You mention that passengers disarmed a man who had no weapon.
How exactly do you disarm an unarmed man?
Pete H.
We should have used some other word - subdued, overpowered, etc. GBU Editor
A passenger (L) on the aircraft, which had taken off from the Turkish resort of Antalya bound for St Petersburg in Russia is met by a relative at the airport in St.Petersburg, October 15, 2008. A drunk man sparked a hijack alert on a Turkish Airlines plane on Wednesday after passing a note to the pilot saying he had a bomb, the airline said. REUTERS/Alexander Demianchuk
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I think Reuters is doing an excellent job.
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- Posted by GeorgeI am curious- after all the security getting on the plane, how did this drunk manage to get a note through the closed and locked door to the cockpit? I agree that the pilot should believe the drunk had a bomb and act accordingly. I also believe the passengers acted properly in capturing him. If you are going to die if you do nothing, you have nothing to lose and a lot to gain if you succeed.
- Posted by mjojan