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Tries to divert a Qatar Airways flight, but the flight personnel blocked him

Doha, Qatar - Additional stop at Cairo

A thirty year old Kuwaitian man wanted to divert the QR553 flight of the Qatar Airways heading from Casablanca to Doha with 92 passengers. The man, using no weapons, tried to force the pilot cabin to convince the pilots on flying to Geneve (Switzerland), but his tentative was blocked by the intervention of the personnel in charge. The pilots decided to make a 1 hour and half exceptional stop to Cairo...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 61915
Rome, Italy, 04/19/2004 17:28
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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