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  • Officials: Turkish plane evacuated

    02/07/2014 12:42:46 PM PST · by Kartographer · 4 replies
    AP via Yahoo News ^ | 2/7/14 | SUZAN FRASER
    An official says authorities have subdued a man who attempted to hijack a Turkish plane to Sochi, Russia, and that the other passengers have been evacuated. Huseyin Avni Mutlu, the Istanbul governor, says on Twitter that ''the operation has ended.'' In another tweet Friday, he said all passengers were evacuated ''without any problems.''
  • Plane from Ukraine Grounded in Istanbul After Bomb Threat

    02/07/2014 10:21:46 AM PST · by don-o · 9 replies
    NBC News ^ | February 7, 2014
    Turkish security officials searched a passenger plane at an Istanbul airport after a bomb threat was made and a passenger demanded to fly to Sochi, Russia, where the Winter Olympics got underway Friday. The Pegasus Airline flight with 110 passengers from Kharkov, Ukraine, landed safely at Istanbul’s Sabiha Gokcen airport. A Ukrainian sitting in seat 2F said he had a bomb on him and demanded that the fight be diverted to Sochi, Hasip Soluk Habertük, the Turkish Undersecretary of Transportation told reporters.
  • Passenger claiming to have bomb tried to divert plane to Sochi

    02/07/2014 10:00:14 AM PST · by george76 · 7 replies
    Washington Times ^ | February 7, 2014 | Suzan Fraser
    ANKARA, Turkey — A Turkish official says a passenger claiming there was a bomb on board tried to divert an Istanbul-bound plane to Sochi, Russia, where the Olympics are kicking off.