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A 21-year-old student tried to hijack a South African Airways plane

Cape Town, South Africa - It happened Saturday morning on a plane headed to Johannesburg

The Zimbawe 21-year-old student, who Saturday morning tried to convince the captain of a South African Airways aircraft lifted off in Cape Town and headed to Johannesburg to change route and go to Maputo, Capital of Mozambico, surely suffers from serious mental disease. The boy was menacing a hostess with a syringe and then was blocked by some passengers. Once the plane turned back to Cape Town, he...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 143036
Rome, Italy, 06/19/2006 17:35
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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