UAE's aviation authority denies flydubai hijack rumoursThe UAE's General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) denied today rumours of an attempted hijack of a flydubai plane passing through Iranian airspace, said a report. Saif Al Suwaidi, director general of the GCAA, said that flydub More… |
Hackers 'can hijack planes using onboard wifi'An airplane can be hijacked by anyone using the wi-fi network on-board, a senior airline official has warned. According to a report in More… |
Cyprus remands suspected hijackerA court in Cyprus on Wednesday remanded an Egyptian national in custody on suspicion of hijacking an EgyptAir aircraft with a fake suicide belt and diverting it to the east Mediterranean island. The suspect, whom Cypriot and Egypt More… |
EgyptAir plane hijacker surrendersAn EgyptAir plane flying from Alexandria to Cairo was hijacked and forced to land in Cyprus on Tuesday but the passengers and crew were freed unharmed and the hijacker, whose motives remained a mystery, was arrested after giving himself up. More… |
EgyptAir plane hijacker surrendersAn EgyptAir plane flying from Alexandria to Cairo was hijacked and forced to land in Cyprus on Tuesday but the passengers and crew were freed unharmed and the hijacker, whose motives remained a mystery, was arrested after giving himself up. More… |
EgyptAir jet hijacked to Cyprus, most passengers freedAn EgyptAir plane flying from Alexandria to Cairo was hijacked and forced to land in Cyprus on Tuesday by a man Cypriot state media said was demanding the release of women prisoners in Egypt. After the aircraft landed at Larnaca a More… |
HIJACK: Most EgyptAir passengers freedA man thought to be strapped with explosives hijacked an Egyptian plane on a flight between Alexandria and Cairo on Tuesday and forced it to land in Cyprus, Egyptian officials said. After the EgyptAir plane landed at Larnaca airpo More… |
HIJACK: Most EgyptAir passengers freedA man thought to be strapped with explosives hijacked an Egyptian plane on a flight between Alexandria and Cairo on Tuesday and forced it to land in Cyprus, Egyptian officials said. After the EgyptAir plane landed at Larnaca airpo More… |
HIJACK: Egyptair plane forced to CyprusAn Egyptair domestic flight from Alexandria to Cairo was hijacked on Tuesday and landed in Cyprus, Egyptian officials said. The pilot of the plane was threatened by a passenger strapped with explosives, Egypt's Civil Aviation More… |
Second small oil tanker goes missing in MalaysiaA small-sized oil tanker went missing off the southeast coast of Malaysia close to Singapore over the weekend in what could be the second hijacking of such a vessel this month, maritime officials said. The Mala More… |