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NINE PEOPLE HELD IN HOSTAGE ON AIRCAFT IN PRETORIA AIRPORT

JOHANNESBURG, An armed man keeps nine people in hostage in a DC-3 aircraft operated by a local airline at Wonderboom airport near Pretoria, in South Africa. The airport is used mainly for domestic flights and charters and now is garrisoned by police forces. Seems that there are no injured, despite several explosions had been heard from aircraft.

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 8863
Rome, Italy, 02/28/2001 11:03
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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