Hijacking of Turkish Aircraft to Sochi Is Foiled
By SEBNEM ARSU and RICK GLADSTONEFEB. 7, 2014
ISTANBUL — A passenger aboard a commercial airline flight from Ukraine to Turkey tried to hijack it to Sochi, Russia, on Friday after the Winter Olympics had started, but the plane landed safely in Istanbul and the hijacker — apparently deluded by the crew into thinking he was in Sochi — was taken into custody, Turkish news reports said.
The hijacker, identified as a male Ukrainian citizen, claimed to be armed with a bomb, the Turkish television stations NTV and CNNTurk quoted a Transport Ministry under secretary, Habib Soluk, as saying.
The television stations said said the crew of the plane, a Pegasus Airlines Boeing 737-800 with 110 passengers aboard, had fooled the hijacker into believing the aircraft was landing in Sochi instead of Istanbul’s Sabiha Gokcen International Airport, where members of the special security forces entered the aircraft and detained him.
Mr. Soluk was quoted as saying the pilots had darkened the passenger cabin lights and the “hijacker was deluded into believing that the plane was heading at Sochi.”
It was not immediately clear whether a bomb or other explosive was aboard the plane. But the Kiev Post, a Ukrainian newspaper, reported on its website that the passenger had been “drunk and carried no dangerous items,” attributing the information to the Security Service of Ukraine.
Turkish news reports said he was taken to the Istanbul Security Headquarters, as television footage showed the plane parked with fire brigades and ambulances surrounding it.
Turkey’s Transport, Maritime and Communications Ministry, in a statement quoted by the semiofficial Anadolu News Agency, said the aircraft landed safely “under all necessary measures.”
The Russian authorities have imposed intense security on the Winter Olympics because of the threat of terrorist attacks on the games, which began on Thursday and last through Feb. 23.
Don't read the article, brehsShe's Russian. They don't know any better. Not excusing this but how do you think they see black people over there?
She's Russian. They don't know any better. Not excusing this but how do you think they see black people over there?
Russians are racist as hell
I know I dated one for three years
Half of the negative shyt coming out of there is propaganda to make us hate them. Don't be manipulated.
And yet you have thier fukking president as your avi
She tweeted it from her account directly. How is that propaganda if you do it yourself? The opposite of propaganda is being purposely oblivious which is what you sound like.
I think it's obvious russians are pretty racist. Are they any better than anybody else no, everybody is racist. You can go to places in Africa and they won't make fun of you they will start telling you how they are going to kill you and cut you into pieces. Most of this shyt is clearly propaganda because of their anti gay laws. These people are willing to destroy russia's reputation and basically make the world hate each other again just because of gay rights. Russia has been painted as a clownish country and they aren't going to forget that shyt.
Y'all knee grows wouldn't otherwise give two fukks about no Winter Olympics.