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RUSSIAN PLANE HIJACKED: PASSENGERS RELEASED

MEDINA, ARABIA SAUDITA, The passengers of Vnukovo Airlines' Tupolev 154 have been released at Medina's airport when saudi security forces stormed the hijacked plane. Russian government said there were three killed, a hijacker, a Turkish passenger and a flight attendant. Some have been injured and taken to hospital, including the steward who was stabbed yesterday. The chechen hijackers had been demanding...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 9721
Rome, Italy, 03/16/2001 13:00
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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