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Attempt to hijack Sudanese plane to Uganda thwarted
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March 8, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – A 19-year old student made a failed attempt
to hijack a Sudanese plane before landing at Al-Obayid airport in
North Kordofan state, according to press reports.
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The state’s police chief Maj. Gen. Kamal Moussa Zein was quoted as
saying yesterday that the hijacker broke into the cockpit waving a
knife 40 minutes after takeoff. He threatened the crew and asked them
to re-route the flight to Uganda.
The plane was flying from Wau airport in South Sudan’s Western Bahr el
Ghazal State on its way to Khartoum, the capital of Sudan, when the
incident happened.
One of the flight engineers however, managed to overpower the hijacker
and stripped him from the knife he was carrying.
The plane landed in Al-Obayid airport and authorities took the
hijacker into custody. Preliminary investigations revealed that he is
from South Darfur state and studies in Uganda. His name was not
released.
The knife used by the student was hidden in his handbag, the police
said. None of the passengers aboard the flight were harmed.
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