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Woman arrested after stabbing pilot of an Air New Zealand flight

Auckland, New Zealand - Attempted hijacking to Australia

The incident occurred at around 7:30 am LT on an Air New Zealand Beechcraft airplane with onboard pilot, co-pilot and seven passengers, in flight between Blenheim and Christchurch, both on the country's South Island. This woman, 33 and originally from Somalia, reportedly, stabbed one of two pilots and demanded to be flown to Australia, and threatening to explode a bomb onboard. Neither pilots...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1085677
Rome, Italy, 02/08/2008 15:14
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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