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Aircraft hijack alarm in India (2): six persons arrested (VIDEO)

Trivandrum, India - The Directorate General for Civil Aviation opens an investigation

According to local media reports, six persons were arrested after the incident which occurred in the morning of Friday 19 october 2012 at Trivandrum Airport (India), with a captain of an Air India Express aircraft flying from Abu Dhabi to Kochi forced to activate the hijack alarm due to some passengers who tried to break in the cockpit. The climate on board was tense because the plane could not land...

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Rome, Italy, 10/19/2012 20:37
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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