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Turkish plane 'hijacker' subdued | |
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A hijacker who tried to take over a Turkish Airlines plane has been overpowered by fellow passengers, officials say. | |
They say the passengers on board the plane flying from Antalya to St Petersburg, Russia, quickly subdued 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. |
The plane later safely landed in St Petersburg, officials say. | |
Turkish Airlines manager Temel Kotil said the assailant was drunk. | |
"He was so drunk, he gave a note to a stewardess claiming to have explosives on him," Mr Kotil told Turkey's NTL television. | |
No explosives were discovered on the passenger, whose identity was not immediately known. | |
The incident happened in Belarussian air space. |