OT - Lufthansa Jet was hijacked - Terrorist Arrested

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Saw it on a german newswire. Plane was travelling from Prague to Duesseldorf. An arabic speaking men took the 19 passengers and 4 crew members hostage. The plane did land on schedule in Duesseldorf.

After landing the hijacker talked to the head of the Duesseldorf airport and then let himself get arrested without resisting.

All passengers and crew members were left unharmed.

-- STFrancis (STFrancis@heaven.com), December 28, 1999

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Hijacker Fails in Bid to Seize German Plane Tuesday December 28 8:23 AM ET
BERLIN (Reuters) - A man tried and failed to hijack a Lufthansa plane from Prague with 23 people on board on Tuesday, German police said. No one was hurt. The plane landed safely at Duesseldorf airport in western Germany as scheduled and the hijacker surrendered to authorities. Police said in a statement a 41-year-old Arabic-speaking man had threatened to detonate a bomb on board the aircraft during the 70-minute flight. He subsequently surrendered to police and was taken into custody. A police spokesman said it was not clear why the man, whose name and nationality were not revealed, had tried to seize the plane. It landed on time just before noon. The spokesman said the plane was being searched for explosives but none had been found so far. Lufthansa said the aircraft was a Canadair jet bearing a Lufthansa flight number and that it had landed safely.

-- Sheri (wncy2k@nccn.net), December 28, 1999.

OH GREAT! My semi-fiance was traveling to Dusseldor today!

-- Mr. Mike (mikeabn@aol.com), December 28, 1999.

I have always liked Lufthansa because they are a heads-up and on time airline. This article shows that continues to be the case..."the plane did land on schedule in Dusseldorf"...even in the case of a hijacking!

-- Mad Monk (madmonk@hawaiian.net), December 28, 1999.

Monk,

Yes, those Germans are nothing if not efficient!

Mr. Mike,

Just gotta ask...what's a semi-fiance?

-- (RUOK@yesiam.com), December 28, 1999.


...I guess a semi fiance is like a semi sex. Sorry, but I needed a light moment after all these preps! Good luck to your lady. Hope she is safe!

-- churchorganist (swedishmusic@webtv.net), December 28, 1999.


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