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http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/Flash.aspx/131817
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3 Elul 5767, August 17, ‘07
“El Al Flight From NYC Does U-Turn”
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “(IsraelNN.com) An El Al flight that took off from New York City to Israel Friday morning returned to Kennedy Airport after a technical malfunction was discovered on the plane.”
UPDATE - HIJACKING
QUOTE:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1882963/posts?page=60#60
UPDATE:
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/ECAB5769-3461-47A6-8F17-49B574F39849.htm
Turkish hijack ends peacefully
The Atlas Jet aircraft landed
ARTICLE SNIPPET: But Osman Gunes, the Turkish interior minister, said the men were of Turkish and Syrian nationality.
Gunes said: One of them, Mehmet Resat Ozlu, is a citizen of the Turkish Republic. The other... holds a Syrian passport, but is probably a person of Palestinian origin.
60 posted on 08/18/2007 5:09:57 AM PDT by Cindy
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UPDATE:
http://www.eux.tv/article.aspx?articleId=12930
Saturday, August 18, 2007 at 13:42
Turkish plane hijacking drama ends peacefully
Istanbul (dpa) -
ARTILCE SNIPPET: The plane had taken off from Ercan in Northern Cyprus on a flight destined for Istanbul when the hijacking took place.
Turkish officials said the hijackers were a Turk, Mehmet Ozlu, and a Syrian national, Muhammad Asis Maliki, who initially had been identified in media reports as a Palestinian.
61 posted on 08/18/2007 5:13:14 AM PDT by Cindy