Hijackers surrender in Turkey
(AP)
Updated: 2007-08-18 18:35
ANKARA, Turkey - Two men who hijacked a Turkish passenger plane to protest against the US surrendered to authorities Saturday after holding some crew members and passengers hostage for more than four hours. No one was hurt.
The men claimed to be carrying a bomb and demanded that the Atlasjet Airlines plane headed from northern Cyprus to Istanbul be diverted to Iran. The jet landed an hour after takeoff at Antalya airport in southwestern Turkey.
"The adventure that started early in the morning finally came to an end," said Tuncay Doganer, the CEO of Atlasjet. "With the two hijackers having surrendered, the incident ended with no bloodshed."
A Turkish official earlier said that the men were Iranian and were protesting against the United States. He didn't elaborate.
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