Hijack Attempt Foiled

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  142 Passengers Watch As Armed Hijacker Overpowered On Bangladesh Flight

  Bangladesh security officials on Sunday foiled a hijacking attempt of a Dubai-bound plane, which made an emergency landing at a coastal city in the country following the incident, officials said.

• Attempt to hijack plane in China

  Chinese airline passengers helped foil an attempt to hijack a plane in the western region of Xinjiang on Friday, state media said, the latest incident of instability in a part of China where the government says it is facing violent separatists.

• INS Godavari prevents pirate attack, escorts Greek ship

  INS Godavari has successfully foiled a piracy attempt on a Greek ship MV Elinakos in the Gulf of Aden. Eight Somali pirates attempted to hijack the Greek ship on July 16 Jul. INS Godavari was escorting four other ships at the time in the Gulf of Aden, when it received the distress call.

• Egypt foils bid to hijack flight from Turkey

  Air marshals foiled an attempt by a Sudanese passenger to hijack an EgyptAir flight from Istanbul to Cairo and divert it to Jerusalem.