Hijack in greece
 

Just breaking on sky news turkish airliner hijack in greece airspace

Rapid


You live up to your username!!!

Turkish TV reported it has landed in Brindisi. Tirana to Istanbul flight.

THY aircraft with 106 pax and 7 crew, from Tirana to Istanbul. When it passed the Greek airspace, it was observed turning around and declaring emergency. Then pilots declared on Hijack. Two persons are in the cockpit and demanded to go to Italy so that they could give a message to ... the Pope!
Now from the Italian TV is reported that they landed in Brindisi.

wondering if turkish and other non US airliners have installed heavy duty cockpit doors or have something like US air marshalls

Sky news report


The flight was carrying 107 passengers and six crew - the chairman of Turkish Airlines said that nobody had been harmed.

http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/...236020,00.html

What were they doing on the Flightdeck?!?!

Wonder how they got in to the cockpit. Thought you couldn't do that nowadays?

thy hijack
 

hello everyone,

stupidity has no limits. quote from a previous post:"2 men in the cockpit demand
etc. ...". thy sops will be in for review regarding reinforced cockpitdoors.

I hope the italians lock them up and throw away the key.

After a year in the right hand seat of a turkish airline I know far too well that they keep the cockpit door open most of the time. :=

Just a hijack waiting to happen really. Glad I got out of there before I had to experience it first hand!

Scary thing is that they fly all over Europe.

Sky news reporting hijackers will give themselfs up shortly

and just a small point lets not tell terrorists which airlines keep the cockpit doors open :ugh:

Must of been important if they had to give the pope a message that drastic, maybe they shouldve waited til they got to turkey and called him :confused: :confused: :confused:

Quotes: After a year in the right hand seat of a turkish airline I know far too well that they keep the cockpit door open most of the time.
Just a hijack waiting to happen really. Glad I got out of there before I had to experience it first hand!
Scary thing is that they fly all over Europe.

This is what makes my blood boil. I'm asked to take off my shoes and belt despite having four stripes on my arm and yet there are probably numerous carriers operating into the UK with totally lax procedures.

Typical of the UK - we TOTALLY abide by the rules to the point of stupidity and many others just ...... don't. :mad: :mad: :mad:

A4 :*

Good point Daz - but the fact is thta post 911 secure doors became mandatory. Presumably this is a global or pan European directive. If it's not being adhered to by certain carriers then simply ban them or pull their AOC. Why should a whole global industry be put at risk because some carriers can't be ar$$ed to follow procedures :mad:

A4 :*

As long as its not in the law, lots of doors will remain unlocked all over Europe.

Seems to me all governments should suspend THY overflight/landing rights until they have a policy where hijackers CAN'T gain access to the flight deck!

Maybe they found Robert Langdon

:confused:

I don't think it matters what we say here. I thought it would have been fairly obvious by the fact the airliner was hijacked.

And do you honestly believe the terrorists come here to plan their attacks? I know the media come here for their stories but let's face it, the terrorists are much cleverer than your average hack:8

I'm sure that will happen. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achille_Lauro

Or maybe not :mad:

let us remember it's not just the crew or the pas in the back that may suffer from an open door policy (or a very lax locked door policy) .....

modern hijacking objectives may now include causing the maximum devastastion on the ground as part of the grand plan ..... an open door can now kill thousands ...... :cool: