'Hijack warning' grounds Dutch flight

Airport police say a Dutch passenger jet bound for Turkey with more than 110 passengers on board has been grounded after a threat of a possible hostage taking or hijacking was phoned to a police emergency number.

'Hijack warning' grounds Dutch flight
Tue, 26 Aug, 2008 - 21:17

Airport police say a Dutch passenger jet bound for Turkey with more than 110 passengers on board has been grounded after a threat of a possible hostage taking or hijacking was phoned to a police emergency number.

Police spokesman Joost Wezemer says the Transavia flight to Bodrum, Turkey, has been on the tarmac at Rotterdam Airport for more than five hours.

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