Duff hijack report. Pakistan ?
Thread Starter
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Closest airport OSL and TRF
Age: 58
Posts: 15
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Hijack in progress. Pakistan ?
Norwegian media (TV2 Nettavisen) is right now reporting news from Al-Jazeera TV that several airliners could be hijacked or has already been hijacked and on their way to Pakistan.
Pakistan airports security is raised to highest level.
Al-Jazeera tells media that the source is within the Pakistani secret service.
Hope this is not true !
Link to source (in Norwegian):
http://pub.tv2.no/nettavisen/verden/article221887.ece
Link to source in Sweden (Newspaper Expressen):
http://www.expressen.se/index.jsp?a=131718
Pakistan airports security is raised to highest level.
Al-Jazeera tells media that the source is within the Pakistani secret service.
Hope this is not true !
Link to source (in Norwegian):
http://pub.tv2.no/nettavisen/verden/article221887.ece
Link to source in Sweden (Newspaper Expressen):
http://www.expressen.se/index.jsp?a=131718
Last edited by SimCaptain; 4th May 2004 at 18:45.
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: Rockytop, Tennessee, USA
Posts: 5,898
Likes: 0
Received 1 Like
on
1 Post
Pak sounds red alert at its airports
PTI[ TUESDAY, MAY 04, 2004 07:50:57 PM ]
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Tuesday declared a red alert at all its airports, claiming that it had received credible intelligence of a possible terrorist attempt to hijack aircraft.
The state-run PTV announced this evening that the red alert has been sounded following reports of a likelihood of an attempt to hijack a plane from one of the airports.
All the visitor passes have been cancelled and nobody barring authorised persons would be allowed entry into the airports, it said.
Pakistan opposition parties said the 'red alert' was a ploy to prevent cadre and leaders of the Alliance for Restoration of Democracy to receive Shahbaz Sharif, brother of deposed prime minister Nawaz Sharif and leader of Pakistan Muslim League-N, who has announced his plans to return to Pakistan on May 11, ending over three years in exile.
Shahbaz, who had been exiled in Dec, 2000 along with brother Nawaz announced in London on Monday that he would arrive in Lahore on May 11. Shahbaz decided to return after Pakistan's Supreme Court recently observed that exile was violation of human right and every Pakistani has a right to return.
Apparently, there was concern in the government that Shahaz's arrival could galvanise the mainstream parties agitating against the rule of President Pervez Musharraf.
Some of the senior Ministers said Shahbaz could be deported back, while others said he would be arrested for pending cases against him. PML-N leaders said Shahbaz was ready to face the cases.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/a...how/658871.cms
PTI[ TUESDAY, MAY 04, 2004 07:50:57 PM ]
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Tuesday declared a red alert at all its airports, claiming that it had received credible intelligence of a possible terrorist attempt to hijack aircraft.
The state-run PTV announced this evening that the red alert has been sounded following reports of a likelihood of an attempt to hijack a plane from one of the airports.
All the visitor passes have been cancelled and nobody barring authorised persons would be allowed entry into the airports, it said.
Pakistan opposition parties said the 'red alert' was a ploy to prevent cadre and leaders of the Alliance for Restoration of Democracy to receive Shahbaz Sharif, brother of deposed prime minister Nawaz Sharif and leader of Pakistan Muslim League-N, who has announced his plans to return to Pakistan on May 11, ending over three years in exile.
Shahbaz, who had been exiled in Dec, 2000 along with brother Nawaz announced in London on Monday that he would arrive in Lahore on May 11. Shahbaz decided to return after Pakistan's Supreme Court recently observed that exile was violation of human right and every Pakistani has a right to return.
Apparently, there was concern in the government that Shahaz's arrival could galvanise the mainstream parties agitating against the rule of President Pervez Musharraf.
Some of the senior Ministers said Shahbaz could be deported back, while others said he would be arrested for pending cases against him. PML-N leaders said Shahbaz was ready to face the cases.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/a...how/658871.cms
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: out there somewhere...
Posts: 763
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Good Morning, just returned from a turn around to the country in question, certainly higher levels of security in place but the company I work for already has very high levels of it in place. No news on the airways about any untowards attempts and the ATC was normal (!) for the area. I hope that everyone plays it safe and no one is hurt.
LC
LC
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: london
Posts: 20
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Reports of plane hijack in United arab emirates
Has anyone heard of reports that there is a plane hijacking underway in the United Arab Emirates.
I understand it has been reported on radio
I understand it has been reported on radio
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Blighty
Posts: 91
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
It's been 90 minutes since your post and I can't find a thing anywhere.
Are you sure that the radio report that was heard was not this story? -
http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/World/Wa...448196-ap.html
--
HaM
Are you sure that the radio report that was heard was not this story? -
http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/World/Wa...448196-ap.html
--
HaM
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Somewhere Over America
Posts: 192
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...an_hijack_plot
Pakistan Authorities Uncover Hijack Plot
By PAUL HAVEN, Associated Press Writer
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Pakistani authorities have uncovered a plot by a small terror cell to hijack a plane en route to the United Arab Emirates and possibly blow it up, the prime minister said Wednesday.
Prime Minister Zafarullah Khan Jamali told The Associated Press in an interview that authorities believe there was a group of about four to six people who wanted to hijack a plane. Intelligence indicated they wanted to blow it up, he said.
Jamali had no details on how close the plotters came to carrying out the attack.
Details of the plot came a day after Pakistan said it was beefing up security at 35 airports nationwide. Airports remained open and flights were not disrupted, although security was raised to its highest level, Jamali said.
"Naturally when one gets some hint about (a plot) or one gets a feeler or is informed directly or indirectly, I think this high alert is a must," he said.
Dubai in the UAE is a regional aviation hub and many flights from Pakistan go through there.
Jamali did not say whether the plot involved Pakistanis or foreign terrorists.
"Hijackers have no nationality," he said.
Interior Ministry spokesman Abdul Rauf Chaudhry told AP that a Pakistani intelligence agency had issued the warning, but no arrests had been made. He also would not reveal whether the plotters were believed to be linked to al-Qaida.
The United States has had friendly relations with the UAE since 1971. The UAE military provides humanitarian assistance in Iraq .
Pakistan Authorities Uncover Hijack Plot
By PAUL HAVEN, Associated Press Writer
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Pakistani authorities have uncovered a plot by a small terror cell to hijack a plane en route to the United Arab Emirates and possibly blow it up, the prime minister said Wednesday.
Prime Minister Zafarullah Khan Jamali told The Associated Press in an interview that authorities believe there was a group of about four to six people who wanted to hijack a plane. Intelligence indicated they wanted to blow it up, he said.
Jamali had no details on how close the plotters came to carrying out the attack.
Details of the plot came a day after Pakistan said it was beefing up security at 35 airports nationwide. Airports remained open and flights were not disrupted, although security was raised to its highest level, Jamali said.
"Naturally when one gets some hint about (a plot) or one gets a feeler or is informed directly or indirectly, I think this high alert is a must," he said.
Dubai in the UAE is a regional aviation hub and many flights from Pakistan go through there.
Jamali did not say whether the plot involved Pakistanis or foreign terrorists.
"Hijackers have no nationality," he said.
Interior Ministry spokesman Abdul Rauf Chaudhry told AP that a Pakistani intelligence agency had issued the warning, but no arrests had been made. He also would not reveal whether the plotters were believed to be linked to al-Qaida.
The United States has had friendly relations with the UAE since 1971. The UAE military provides humanitarian assistance in Iraq .
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: uk
Posts: 358
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
fly_guy,
The major foreign operator is Emirates: they from Dubai into Karachi ( 25x /week), Islamabad (5x), Lahore (4x), and Peshawar (2x).
BA goes to Islamabad (3x) and Swiss go in via Dubai (not sure of frequency).
Gulf, Saudia and Kuwait also fly in, not sure about other operators.
The major foreign operator is Emirates: they from Dubai into Karachi ( 25x /week), Islamabad (5x), Lahore (4x), and Peshawar (2x).
BA goes to Islamabad (3x) and Swiss go in via Dubai (not sure of frequency).
Gulf, Saudia and Kuwait also fly in, not sure about other operators.
