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Jamaica: man hijacked a passenger plane. Five crew members in hostage

Montego Bay, Jamaica - Talks started with the kidnapper

A gunman hijacked a Canadian charter plane on the tarmac near the resort city of Montego Bay and was holding the flight crew hostage, the airline said Monday. Nobody had been injured, officials said. The gunman breached security and boarded the plane after it arrived in Montego Bay from Halifax, Canada, according to a statement from CanJet Airlines. There were 182 passengers and crew but all the...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1103128
Rome, Italy, 04/20/2009 12:21
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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