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Old 29th Aug 2012, 12:39
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Dutch plane possibly hijacked

AMSTERDAM (AP) - Dutch media report possible hijack of passenger plane at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport.
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AMS hijack?

Sky News says aircraft hijacked at AMS. Dutch mil confirm.
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Breaking News on BBC website:

"Dutch military sends F16 jets to Schiphol airport after reports of hostage-taking"
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Flight from LEMG to EHAM. Apparently a LCC.
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Well 'Request Start' does of course sound similar to 'we have been hijacked'
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7500 or 7600 is so close together
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From the Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf Google Translate

On board an aircraft that has just landed at Schiphol was a hostage busy. Which notification is received by the emergency services, which are present at the airport.

he aircraft is from Malaga. It is an Airbus of the Spanish budget airline Vueling, with flight number is 8366, without radio contact Dutch airspace is flown. After that, the only time flew circles above Zealand, and the course towards Schiphol set ( see here the flight ). The device is accompanied by two F-16s landed on the new runway. The Trooper's site and goes so aboard supplies, according to eyewitnesses.
The incident was scaled by the emergency services to GRIP3, the second highest alert level. Several ambulances are ready with the device, the doors of which still remain closed. The mayor of Haarlemmermeer and informed way. Part of the area is off with police tape.
The National Coordinator for Counterterrorism confirms that there is a disaster, but can not confirm whether there is a hostage situation going on. On board was among the 183 passengers did not panic. The pilot would have reported that everything is 'normal'. The NIS reports that a woman aboard a relative rang with the news that the occupants only know that they have not been to the gate can.
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News report on the radio talks about "unable to contact pilots, therefore escorted to AMS by 2 F-16's. Plane is parked separately, emergency services at the ready" End quote...
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Possible Hijack

There are information in news, that VY8366 from Malaga to Amsterdam was hijacked.

2xF16 were scrambled, the aircraft landed in AMS and was surrounded by the police.

Track is available, but 7500 was not squawked. Flightradar24.com - Live flight tracker!
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I love how the media jump on this stuff like flies on . So far we have a ground based hijack, an air-based hijack and a denying of any hijack by Vueling.
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Ok, recent updates say "no hijack" - just a miscommunication with the pilot, who failed to contact with ATC and after entering the airspace of The Netherlands.

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No hijack no nothing. Plane had a unusual route to enter the Dutch airspace. No radiocontact. 2 x F16s were scrambled. Plane flew a couple of circles around 80 km soutwest of airport. Landed normally.
Parked at remote spot. Pax had no idea something was wrong.

The reason it did not went to the gate could be because today a WW II bomb was found near the C gate at Schiphol airport.

Lots of miscommunication between pilot and ATC caused this incident.
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According!to Sky's experts, the airline involved was "view"ling!
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...now being reported that there may yet be a hostage situation and negotiators are being called in....
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spokesman from the Dutch mil police just talking live on Sky. Still ongoing as they cant make contact with pilots. F16s went supersonic to intercept triggering shock wave that caused mis reports of explosion. Quotes PX phoning relatives from plane that all is ok on board

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all over now mis comms being quoted on Sky well there is a relief and two happy Dutch AF pilots who got to go supersonic
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RE the Google translation of the News report: might have been more intelligible in Dutch!
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re the translation.... as a pax, not being able to get to the can at the gate has been a source of distress to me as well.
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Does this happen often with Vueling?

Sounds like it should...
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For little information that is available it appears to be the following:

1) Vueling pilots loose contact with ATC on handover from Brussels airspace.

2) Vueling pilots regain contact with Amsterdam controllers but by now F16s are already on route.

3) About a minute later F16 appear outside the cockpit window and the pilot of the Vueling plane in his shock uses the unfortunate frase to ATC: "are we being hijacked".

4) Plane remains in contact with ATC and finally lands at the remote runway at Schiphol.

5) Plane sits at the moment on the runway waiting for thorough inspection (I hope they are gentile).

Again this it what it appears to be. The story might have been different. However the wording from the pilot to ATC in number 3 was like that and was the reason for continued alert phase at Schiphol... to be continued...
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