Passengers stop man with bomb hijacking plane

12 April 2012

A hijacker claiming to have a bomb was wrestled to the ground by passengers on a flight from Norway to Istanbul.

Wearing a ski mask, he tried to force his way into the cockpit of the Turkish Airlines flight, demanding that the plane return to Oslo.

The plane landed safely in Istanbul and police found no explosives.

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