A Sudanese man armed with a knife hijacked a Sudan Airways plane from Libya and forced it to land at Khartoum airport early on Friday but was later arrested by Special Forces, a civil aviation authority official said.
”The hijacker burst into the pilot’s cabin about one-and-a-half hours from landing and told the captain he wanted to meet with the British ambassador. Then he asked to meet the American ambassador and the media,” Abdel Hafiz Abdel-Rahim told Reuters.
”Snipers dressed as journalists then took him into custody,” he added. The plane, which was carrying 210 passengers, began its journey in Tripoli.
Abdel-Rahim said the hijacker identified himself as Haloub Saeed but authorities were trying to confirm this. — Reuters