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| Turkish plane 'hijacker disarmed' | Turkish plane 'hijacker disarmed' |
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| A hijacker who tried to take over a Turkish Airlines plane has been disarmed, officials say. | |
| They say passengers on board the plane flying from the Turkish city of Antalya to St Petersburg, Russia, overpowered the man, who claimed to have a bomb. | |
| The Airbus A-320 with 167 people on board continued its flight after the incident, Turkey's CNN Turk says. | The Airbus A-320 with 167 people on board continued its flight after the incident, Turkey's CNN Turk says. |
| Details of the incident - which reportedly happened in Belarussian air space - remain sketchy. | |
| The plane was due to land on time in St Petersburg, a spokeswoman at the airport told the AFP news agency. |