Passengers safe as lone plane hijacker surrenders

A Turkish man hijacked a jet carrying 113 people from Albania to Istanbul today and forced the aircraft to land in Italy, where he surrendered and released all the passengers unharmed.

Passengers safe as lone plane hijacker surrenders
Tue, 03 Oct, 2006 - 22:24

A Turkish man hijacked a jet carrying 113 people from Albania to Istanbul today and forced the aircraft to land in Italy, where he surrendered and released all the passengers unharmed.

Two senior Turkish officials said the hijacker was seeking political asylum.

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