Attempted hijack near Sochi Feb 7/2014

[Donald]

http://avherald.com/h?article=46fae2e2&opt=0

Incident: Pegasus B738 near Sochi on Feb 7th 2014, suspected hijack attempt

A Pegasus Airlines Boeing 737-800, registration TC-CCP performing flight PC-751 from Kharkov (Ukraine) to Istanbul Sabiha Gokcen (Turkey) with 110 people on board, was enroute at FL370 about 285nm northeast of Sochi (Russia) and about 50nm north of Simferopol (Russia) when the crew activated the transponder code for unlawful interference. Turkish fighter aircraft were dispatched to accompany the aircraft to Istanbul. The aircraft maintained the unlawful interference squawk until after landing in Istanbul Sabiha Gokcen Airport about one hour later and taxied to a remote secure area. Turkish security forces entered the aircraft and arrested one of the passengers.

The airline confirmed a safety related incident involving a bomb threat on board of their flight PC-751.

Passengers reported a passenger claimed to have a bomb and wanted the aircraft to divert to Sochi where the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympic Games 2014 were in progress. The man subsequently tried to enter the cockpit but did not succeed.

Turkish security forces were deployed to Sabiha Gokcen Airport and arrested a passenger, a search for explosives was initiated.

[cyndy]

Wow...and so it begins...

[bizjets101]

All it was - was a drunken passenger wearing a hockey shirt - telling the flight attendant he wanted to go to Sochi - unclear if any reference to a bomb was even made - but I'm guessing they knew he was wasted.


Yup - that's the guy - isn't twitter great!!!

[MrWings]

Drunken Russian?

[bizjets101]

The crew told the passenger that they were going to Sochi - so he was cool for the rest of the flight, upon landing at their scheduled destination (on time!!!) he was arrested.

[arctic_slim]

haha that's smart of the crew to agree to go to sochi to calm him down. I wonder if they did a couple of fake turns to make him think they're diverting to sochi.

[Brantford Beech Boy]

Hey, what happens when one is black-out drunk, is none of one's business....

BBB

[MrWings]

Hey, what happens when one is black-out drunk, is none of one's business....

BBB

Doug, your blind defense of Rob is getting tiresome.

[AEROMONKEY]

The guy is wearing a Montreal Canadians jersey! News footage on cnn showed it! Sure explains a lot