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Mumbai Businessman Gets Life In Jail For Hijack Scare On Jet Flight
A special National Investigation Agency court in Ahmedabad today sentenced a Mumbai-based businessman to life in prison and imposed a fine of Rs 5 crore on him for leaving a hijack threat note on a Jet Airways plane in October 2017.
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Hijack Scare In Delhi After Pilot Presses Wrong Button On Kandahar Flight
A hijack alert on a Kandahar-bound flight triggered alarm at the Delhi airport on Saturday after the pilot "mistakenly" pressed the 'hijack button' when it was taxiing for take-off, officials said.
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Mumbai Jeweller, Accused Of Hijack Scare, Is First On 'No-Fly List'
A Mumbai-based jeweller, who created a hijack scare onboard a Jet Airways flight in October last year, has become the first person to be put on the 'National No Fly-List', eight months after it was disclosed.
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Saudi Pilot Triggers False Alarm In Philippines: Authorities
A pilot of a Saudi Arabian Airlines flight accidentally pressed an emergency alarm, creating a hijack scare and triggering a major security response at Manila airport on Tuesday, authorities said.
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Home Ministry Cautious, But Rules Out Hijack Bid of Air India London-Delhi Flight
The Home Ministry is now looking into the curious incident on board London-Delhi Air India flight when a group of passengers, who claimed to be doctors, reportedly insisted on meeting the captain while treating a fellow passenger who suddenly took ill.
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Reports Claiming Hijack Scare on London-Delhi Air India Flight 'Totally False,' Says Government
The Air India and civil aviation authorities today rejected media reports of an aborted hijack attempt on the national carrier's London-Delhi flight. "There is no truth in it," Civil Aviation Secretary V Somasundaram told Press Trust of India.
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Pilot's Mistaken Hijack Alarm Sparks Vienna Airport Scare
A Turkish Airlines pilot's mistaken activation of a hijack alarm triggered a high-octane security deployment at Vienna airport on Friday, Austrian police said.
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Indonesia releases man accused of hijack scare
Indonesia on Sunday released an Australian man who caused a hijack scare on a flight to Bali by trying to break into the cockpit because the incident occurred on a plane registered in Australia, police said.
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Drunk passenger sparks hijack scare on Virgin Australia plane
A plane from Australia that was reportedly hijacked has landed at Bali airport in Indonesia, according to the Associated Press.
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Air India hijack scare: Captain Waghmare's letter complaining about forceful entry in cockpit
On Friday, there were nearly 150 passengers on board the Air India flight from Abu Dhabi to Kochi. Captain Rupali Waghmare had to divert the plane to Thiruvananthapuram because of fog. The flight landed there at 6:40 am. Nearly an hour later, she sounded an emergency. The passengers and pilot offer different versions of why.
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Air India pilot threw note for help on tarmac: Crew members
The SOS sounded by an Air India pilot at the Thiruvanthapuram airport last week, prompting a hijack scare, will be investigated by three different agencies.
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Three different inquiries into Air India's hijack alert in Kerala
The SOS sounded by an Air India pilot at the Thiruvananthapuram airport last week, prompting a hijack scare, will be investigated by three different agencies.
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Six passengers detained after hijack drama in Thiruvananthapuram: Reports
An Air India woman pilot, who sent a hijack message to officials at the Thiruvananthapuram airport this morning after passengers tried to force their way into the cockpit, has filed a written complaint that they threatened her, tried to assault her and stopped her from getting off the plane. According to local media reports, six passengers have bee...
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Loss of radio contact prompts Amsterdam plane hijack scare
The Netherlands intercepted a Spanish airliner with two fighter planes and then sent security forces to surround it on the tarmac at Amsterdam's airport in a hijack scare caused by a loss of radio contact.
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Hijacking scare on PIA plane, all passengers safe
A PIA aircraft has landed at Karachi after a passenger threatened to hijack it; all passengers have been evacuated, reports Press Trust of India and local Pakistani media. The plane was headed from Karachi to Bahawalpur.
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Mumbai Businessman Gets Life In Jail For Hijack Scare On Jet Flight
A special National Investigation Agency court in Ahmedabad today sentenced a Mumbai-based businessman to life in prison and imposed a fine of Rs 5 crore on him for leaving a hijack threat note on a Jet Airways plane in October 2017.
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Hijack Scare In Delhi After Pilot Presses Wrong Button On Kandahar Flight
A hijack alert on a Kandahar-bound flight triggered alarm at the Delhi airport on Saturday after the pilot "mistakenly" pressed the 'hijack button' when it was taxiing for take-off, officials said.
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Mumbai Jeweller, Accused Of Hijack Scare, Is First On 'No-Fly List'
A Mumbai-based jeweller, who created a hijack scare onboard a Jet Airways flight in October last year, has become the first person to be put on the 'National No Fly-List', eight months after it was disclosed.
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Saudi Pilot Triggers False Alarm In Philippines: Authorities
A pilot of a Saudi Arabian Airlines flight accidentally pressed an emergency alarm, creating a hijack scare and triggering a major security response at Manila airport on Tuesday, authorities said.
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Home Ministry Cautious, But Rules Out Hijack Bid of Air India London-Delhi Flight
The Home Ministry is now looking into the curious incident on board London-Delhi Air India flight when a group of passengers, who claimed to be doctors, reportedly insisted on meeting the captain while treating a fellow passenger who suddenly took ill.
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Reports Claiming Hijack Scare on London-Delhi Air India Flight 'Totally False,' Says Government
The Air India and civil aviation authorities today rejected media reports of an aborted hijack attempt on the national carrier's London-Delhi flight. "There is no truth in it," Civil Aviation Secretary V Somasundaram told Press Trust of India.
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Pilot's Mistaken Hijack Alarm Sparks Vienna Airport Scare
A Turkish Airlines pilot's mistaken activation of a hijack alarm triggered a high-octane security deployment at Vienna airport on Friday, Austrian police said.
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Indonesia releases man accused of hijack scare
Indonesia on Sunday released an Australian man who caused a hijack scare on a flight to Bali by trying to break into the cockpit because the incident occurred on a plane registered in Australia, police said.
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Drunk passenger sparks hijack scare on Virgin Australia plane
A plane from Australia that was reportedly hijacked has landed at Bali airport in Indonesia, according to the Associated Press.
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Air India hijack scare: Captain Waghmare's letter complaining about forceful entry in cockpit
On Friday, there were nearly 150 passengers on board the Air India flight from Abu Dhabi to Kochi. Captain Rupali Waghmare had to divert the plane to Thiruvananthapuram because of fog. The flight landed there at 6:40 am. Nearly an hour later, she sounded an emergency. The passengers and pilot offer different versions of why.
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Air India pilot threw note for help on tarmac: Crew members
The SOS sounded by an Air India pilot at the Thiruvanthapuram airport last week, prompting a hijack scare, will be investigated by three different agencies.
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Three different inquiries into Air India's hijack alert in Kerala
The SOS sounded by an Air India pilot at the Thiruvananthapuram airport last week, prompting a hijack scare, will be investigated by three different agencies.
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Six passengers detained after hijack drama in Thiruvananthapuram: Reports
An Air India woman pilot, who sent a hijack message to officials at the Thiruvananthapuram airport this morning after passengers tried to force their way into the cockpit, has filed a written complaint that they threatened her, tried to assault her and stopped her from getting off the plane. According to local media reports, six passengers have bee...
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Loss of radio contact prompts Amsterdam plane hijack scare
The Netherlands intercepted a Spanish airliner with two fighter planes and then sent security forces to surround it on the tarmac at Amsterdam's airport in a hijack scare caused by a loss of radio contact.
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Hijacking scare on PIA plane, all passengers safe
A PIA aircraft has landed at Karachi after a passenger threatened to hijack it; all passengers have been evacuated, reports Press Trust of India and local Pakistani media. The plane was headed from Karachi to Bahawalpur.
