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Swedish police thwarted a potential hijacking

Stockholm, Sweden - Arresting a man trying to board with a hand-gun

A Swedish citizen with Tunisian origins has been arrested as he was found with an hand-gun in his luggage whilst he was boarding on a Stockholm-Birmingham flight. "We believe he was going to hijack the plane", police spokesman Ulf Palm said. Several passengers who had already boarded the plane were evacuated while police searched the cabin and luggage compartment. The plane took off just before midnight...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 32723
Rome, Italy, 08/30/2002 10:38
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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