PARIS (Reuters) – An Air France flight from Montreal landed safely in Paris Friday after a failed hijack bid by a passenger, the Paris airports authority said Friday.
“A passenger was overpowered after he threatened to blow the plane up,” a spokesman for the Paris airport authority said.
“The plane landed normally at 6:07 a.m. local time,” he added. Flight 345 from Montreal landed at Charles-de-Gaulle airport, north of Paris.
Junior Transport Minister Dominique Bussereau told Europe 1 radio the passenger involved had been arrested and all the other passengers had safely left the plane. He said it was not yet clear whether the would-be hijacker had really had a bomb.
An airport police spokesman said police could not immediately identify the passenger involved but expected to release more information soon.
By: mongu - 23rd November 2002 at 10:46
RE: AF Hijack
The El Al and AF attempted hijackings look a bit like the one on the BA 744 over Africa about 2 or 3 years ago (the one that Jemima Khan was on)
Just a lone loony rather than a terrorist in that case and looks like this applies to the El Al and AF cases too.
By: KabirT - 23rd November 2002 at 09:34
RE: AF Hijack
AF denied of any hijack attempt yesterday.
By: Saab 2000 - 23rd November 2002 at 09:16
RE: AF Hijack
Well any apparent hijacking attempt on an aircraft is a cause for concern, however, I do not think the threat was too serious.
I think it could of just been a dispute and a bit of revenge on another passenger.Another Moroccan man was sitting next to the ‘attempted hijacker’ and seemingly owed him money which could of been the root of the problem.
By: KabirT - 22nd November 2002 at 09:35
RE: AF Hijack
hmm this is a everyday happenin now….
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November 22, 2002 at 8:28 am