drunk passenger tried to hijack a Turkish Airlines flight to Russia

[Parche]

CNN) -- A drunk passenger tried to hijack a Turkish Airlines flight to Russia on Wednesday before he was brought under control, the head of Turkey's civil aviation authority said.


The Turkish Airlines passenger jet was en route from Turkey to Russia when the incident took place.

The plane landed safely and on time Wednesday afternoon in St. Petersburg. Russian authorities promptly arrested a "slightly intoxicated" passenger from Uzbekistan, Russia's Interfax News Agency reported, citing a national police spokesman.

The suspect, in his early 50s, was arrested on suspicion of trying to hijack the plane, Interfax reported.

Turkish media initially reported that the plane had been hijacked. When asked about those reports, a Turkish Airlines spokesman said the flight experienced an "urgent situation" as it headed to St. Petersburg, without offering further details.

Interfax said the flight was carrying 164 Russian nationals.

There have been several attempts to hijack Turkish airlines in recent years.

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I have a client that flies Turkish to Istanbul and Doha all the time......



:hi:

[pitohui]

1. crap that's pretty drunk

at least head for the canary islands or something!

[UndertheOcean]

2. Welcome back Parche !!!!!

Its cool they let you back in ! wohooo