Hijack foiled on Saudi flight

A Saudi passenger attempted to hijack a Saudi Arabian Airlines jet today soon after it took off from Khartoum, but the crew managed to overcome the man and arrest him, a Sudanese official said today.

The Airbus 300 jetliner returned to the Sudanese capital and all the passengers and crew were safe, said Major General Sayyid al-Husseini, a spokesman for Sudan’s Interior Ministry.

The man is believed to have been armed.

It is believed there were 204 passengers and crew on board.