"when special forces overpowered the three kidnappers"
It's a good thing there were special forces on board.
Oops -- I missed the first line that special forces stormed the plane after it landed.
I think the SF guys stormed the plane after it returned to the airport.
I'm guessing this was a lame-ass attempt at hijacking, not a pro job. If SF guys stormed it immediately that means the guys were not armed with weapons, bombs, etc. Normally if the hijackers are armed they will wait it out on the tarmac.
Heh heh, sounds like the first chapter of Clancy's novel, "Rainbow Six", where a couple of yahoos try to take over a flight that happens to have most of the world's foremost antiterror operators on board, in civilian clothes.
How do you say "D'OH!" in Arabic?