Seems the flightcrew have made it off. Some cabin crew still on board.
ANKARA, Aug 18, 2007 (AFP) - The two men who hijacked a Turkish
airplane en route from northern Cyprus to Istanbul on Saturday are
Iranians, the Anatolia news agency quoted Turkish Cypriot Transport
Minister Salih Usar as saying.
Usar, speaking in Nicosia, said the hijackers were protesting
against the policies of the United States.
The plane, which took off from Ercan airport in the northern
Turkish Cypriot part of divided Nicosia, landed in the southern
Turkish resort of Antalya after the pilots said they needed to
refuel.
The hijackers wanted to go to Iran or Syria, passengers and
officials said.
The pilots and most of the passengers escaped after the plane
landed in Antalya, leaving only the hijackers and a few passengers
and crew still on board.
The two men, according to passengers, claim to be Al-Qaeda
members and in possession of a bomb.
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