MSNBC: Plane hijacked on way from Northern Cyprus to Istanbul, Turkish TV reports

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Reports: Hijackers seize Turkish plane
Self-proclaimed al-Qaida members demand to fly to
Tehran, official says

BREAKING NEWS
MSNBC News Services
Updated: 6 minutes ago

ISTANBUL, Turkey - Self-proclaimed al-Qaida members
hijacked a Turkish airliner on its way from Northern
Cyprus to Istanbul on Saturday, the private television
station NTV reported.

The hijackers demanded that the airplane be flown to
Tehran, Iran, said Tuncay Doganer, CEO of the private
Atlasjet airline company.

But the plane landed at an airport in Antalya, a
Turkish province on the Mediterranean coast, after
pilots said there was not enough fuel to fly to Iran,
Doganer said.

There were 136 passengers and six crew on board the
plane, Doganer said. He said some of the passengers
had been released.

However, a relative of one of the passengers on board
the plane told NTV that passengers broke down the rear
exit of the plane and escaped, and that only the
airliner's crew remained on board.

The hijackers appeared to be Turkish, the man said, as
he spoke to his nephew by telephone.

Cyprus, a major tourist destination for Europeans, has
been divided between a Greek Cypriot south and a
Turkish-occupied north since 1974, when Turkey invaded
after an abortive Athens-backed coup by supporters of
union with Greece.




       
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