Attempted Plane Hijacking

A Ukrainian airplane made an emergency landing in Turkey after an attempted hijacking.

The Pegasus Airlines flight carrying 110 passengers had departed from Kharkov, Ukraine and sent a signal to Istanbul’s Sabiha Gökçen Airport alerting officials to the hijack attempt, according to CNN Turkey.

A passenger yelled “Bomb!” according to the network.

The hijacker attempted to divert the plane to Sochi, where the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics are underway Turkish, CNN reported. A Turkish official denied that report to the Associated Press.

By: Cheston Catalano

Cheston Catalano is a Kentucky-based journalist whose work has been featured in the Chattanooga Times Free Press and the Clarksville Leaf Chronicle. He is a long-time contributor to Liberaland.