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Sudan: hijacked aircraft lands in N'Djamena airport

N'Djamena, Chiad - All the passenger are safe

Sudanese commercial Boeing 737 plane of Air West with 103 people on board hijacked in the capital Khartoum has landed in the Chadian capital N'Djamena at 9:30 am, local authorities announced on Wednesday. The flight was originally bound for Sudan's strife-torn region of Darfur, reports said. The press quoted an official with the Air West airline as saying that there was only one hijacker on board...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 72974
Rome, Italy, 01/24/2007 12:59
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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