Passengers Overpower Would-Be Hijacker on Turkish Flight
- Posted on January 6, 2011 at 9:05am by
Jonathon M. Seidl
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Passengers aboard a Turkish Airlines flight from Oslo, Norway to Istanbul, Turkey thwarted a hijacking by tackling a man who tried to storm the cockpit and claimed he had a bomb.
Just 30 minutes shy of landing in Turkey, the 60 passengers witnessed a man from the back of the plane don a ski mask and whip out a device. He shouted “I have a bomb!” and demanded the Boeing 737-800 return to Oslo, the Daily Mail reports. But passengers weren’t willing to put up with him.
“I was sitting at the front end of the plane and I heard voices at the back of the plane around 30 minutes before we landed,” Lelya Kilic, one of the passengers, told the Daily Mail.
“I saw a fight between passengers and a man with a mask, carrying a device that looked like a radio handset.”
When the aircraft landed in Istanbul, Turkish police entered the plane and found a passenger sitting on the man. He was arrested and the bomb was found to be fake.
The hijacker was identified as 40-year-old Cumar Yasar, a Turkish national from a Kurdish village in the southeastern region of Anatolia.
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Comments (64)
BurntHills
Posted on January 6, 2011 at 12:28pmkinda makes you wonder what kind of Norwegians are on their way to Turkey of all places, tho. isn’t Norway overrun by muslims TOO?
Report Post »HumanDoing
Posted on January 6, 2011 at 12:28pmGreat story. I have to wonder had an American done such a thing in a contrasting environment would he retain his head, while being sat on until authorities arrive. I continue to marvel at the restraint and self regulation of good people who show “just”low drama mercy on their assailant.
If we just trained people to know that if even 1 person has an agenda to keep the plane from landing safely, If no sky Marshal acts within a set time, all bets are off, I also think our planes should have smaller cell like sections that can be locked down at the pilots command, isolating sections of the plane and and threats the the cockpit. If movement through the plane is restricted, isolation is easier.
Report Post »Cool inside the Fyre
Posted on January 6, 2011 at 12:17pmBravo Passengers.
Report Post »We need the TSA to foil hijackers?
WE are and have always been the answer to security issues.
In attribute to a great American Patriot
who once said somewhere near Shanksville, PA in 2001
“Let’s Roll…”
Long Live the Republic
Krutch
Posted on January 6, 2011 at 12:16pmAbout time to break out the pillories and pig fat. Put these idiots in stocks in the airport lobbies and pails of pig grease balls to ‘stone’ them with. I think they would understand that kind of punishment.
Report Post »citygirl56
Posted on January 6, 2011 at 11:39amSee pigs do fly !! Thank goodness the people had the courage to stop this.
Report Post »GetUpOnTheWheel
Posted on January 6, 2011 at 11:37amJust another reason we don’t need the TSA groping us down. No plane will ever again be taken over by hijackers. Passengers will always take the bastards out. Everyone knows what we are up against and exactly what to do.
Report Post »republitarian
Posted on January 6, 2011 at 12:44pmYep. In less than a heartbeat.
Report Post »ChiefGeorge
Posted on January 6, 2011 at 11:20amFake or not. The folks reacted well with courage!
Report Post »wash1776
Posted on January 6, 2011 at 11:17amIn spite of all the money being blown on airport security, it is the passengers themselves that seem to be providing it. WHAT ELSE IS NEW!
Report Post »MsMonsoon
Posted on January 6, 2011 at 10:54amHow silly!
Report Post »I guess he thought he could fake his way to the 72 vigins.
brinksmom
Posted on January 6, 2011 at 10:29amPeople are more aware and madder now. He is lucky he was not beaten to death right there in the aisle.
Report Post »Vyger
Posted on January 7, 2011 at 1:25amExactly You notice that they aren’t trying it on American flights anymore. That’s because we are wide awake now and Americans ( blacks, hispanics, whites, asian, you name it) will put a beat down on them. Hopefully to the point there won’t be any wasteful trial time.
Report Post »mikenleeds
Posted on January 6, 2011 at 10:29amam sure he was another loving muslin ,, any rag-heads try to pull some crap like that on my flight am going to beat them to a pulp
Report Post »NHdriver
Posted on January 6, 2011 at 10:26amThis should always be the outcome.
Report Post »spreadcommonsensenot pc
Posted on January 6, 2011 at 10:23amBacon anyone?
Report Post »avi-miami
Posted on January 6, 2011 at 5:57pmNo thanks. Avoidance of pork is not uniquely a Moslem characteristic.
Report Post »thegodfather
Posted on January 6, 2011 at 10:22amIn the future, passengers should be encouraged to beat these scumbags into a bloody pulp, toss the body on the tarmac with a sign attached saying…..”Terrorists fly free…to Allah. Free upgrade to see the 72 virgins”
Report Post »Pilgrimsarbour
Posted on January 6, 2011 at 3:27pmOh. I thought that was supposed to be 72 vegans. My bad.
Report Post »Vyger
Posted on January 7, 2011 at 1:22amPlus one. Turkish national. I’m curious. Is that code for ….. wait for it… Muslim
Report Post »hologram5
Posted on January 6, 2011 at 10:16amThis is why I find the whole explanation of 9/11 so unbeleivable. I’m sorry but if somebody pulls a boxcutter (ooooh, scary…) on me, it’ll be the last thing they ever do.
Report Post »VanGrungy
Posted on January 6, 2011 at 11:24amThat was the first time Americans had to deal with that type of situation…
And there was several terrorists on each plane…
You sir, are an idiot…
Report Post »republitarian
Posted on January 6, 2011 at 12:35pmWe figured it out before Flight 93 made it to the capitol and it will NEVER happen again.
Report Post »GetUpOnTheWheel
Posted on January 6, 2011 at 1:13pmI’m not sure how old you are…maybe younger so you might not know how things were before 9/11? .But you have to understand that prior to 9/11 we all believed the right thing to do was “not be a hero” and risk getting other people hurt. Just sit tight until the negotiations with the hijackers worked out one way or another and likely you will survive. It didn‘t enter anyone’s head that they’d fly the damn thing into a building. We all know now.
Report Post »lynda1276
Posted on January 6, 2011 at 2:55pmyes, we would all know how to deal with it now, but prior to 9/11 hijackers would take over a plane, land in some foreign country- end of story.
Report Post »akelso
Posted on January 6, 2011 at 10:04amDizzyinthedark….it’s called a check. That’s why the bomb was fake…they are constantly checking to see if we are turning back into Sheeple. And when they don’t, they back off…if only for a while. We all have to stay vigilant and know the hero we all have in us and not let these nutjobs gain the upper hand. The people who tackled him, instead of cowering in fear, should receive an award equivalent of the Silver Star, for duty the average citizen should not have to perform.
Report Post »dizzyinthedark
Posted on January 6, 2011 at 9:53amDo they really ‘announce’ their intentions rather than just quietly blowing themselves up along with everything around them? Just thinking here?
Report Post »1admiral
Posted on January 6, 2011 at 9:41amWhen you yell BOMB on a crowded airplane you should expect that the entire plane will jump you and beat the crap out of you…..I hope after they whipped you stupid ass, that the guy siting on you weighed 400 lbs….and was eating a ham sandwich……
Report Post »Angie
Posted on January 6, 2011 at 7:30pmwith bacon.
Report Post »klevalt
Posted on January 6, 2011 at 9:36amVery cool… I wonder why he didn’t want to go home?
Report Post »americansfightingforcommonsense
Posted on January 6, 2011 at 9:28amWay to go!!! That’s right people. Stand up and state that you won’t take it anymore. You will not allow someone to destroy all that we and our fore fathers have built.
Report Post »I have often thought about what I would do if I found myself in a similar situation. I would hope that I would rise up and be as brave as these people were. We can not stay idle and watch our world colapse around us.
eat-more-bacon-USA
Posted on January 6, 2011 at 9:27amjihad-fail.
Report Post »HMwHC
Posted on January 6, 2011 at 9:24amSecurity- another 0
Flying public- another 1
Why not just pay the public to fly? We seem to be doing a better job of catching people than the security forces.
Report Post »bassist237
Posted on January 6, 2011 at 9:17amHe must have gotten on the wrong plane to want to go all the way back to Oslo.
Report Post »kinkeadus
Posted on January 6, 2011 at 11:53amLol obviously. Where did all the good terrorist go?
Report Post »TennesseeConservative
Posted on January 6, 2011 at 9:16amGood job people. Outstanding.
Report Post »taskmaster78
Posted on January 6, 2011 at 9:49amHere Here, the idiot must have been shocked to see his plan foiled. This is a message to all these self loathing idiots, your on notice.
Report Post »snowleopard3200 {cat folk art}
Posted on January 6, 2011 at 10:36amToo bad for this terrorist there was not some way to let him go out a door while still at several thousand feet in altitude; give him enough time to scream and pray to his Allah before slamming into the ground.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on January 6, 2011 at 9:15amGlad he had a mask, what a dolt.
Report Post »mtnclimberjim
Posted on January 6, 2011 at 9:18amObviously a lib ******.
Report Post »Major Infidel
Posted on January 6, 2011 at 10:12amI think I’ll hijack a plane with a ski mask and a walkman. Brilliant.
See, I told you pigs are smarter than Muslims.
snowleopard3200 {cat folk art}
Posted on January 6, 2011 at 10:35amThank God for the passangers keeping better watch out than most security agencies. And the vaunted TSA-KGB constantly declares just how safe the flying public is; when every terrorist stopped so far has been by the passangers themselves.
So who do you believe, the government or the passangers?
Report Post »Polwatcher
Posted on January 6, 2011 at 10:54amProcedure for stopping a person on a plane who says they have a bomb…
Report Post »1. Jump and restrain the bomber by any means.
2. Ask pilot to descend to 5000 ft, depressurize cabin, and fly over uninhabited land.
3. While six passemgers hold the arms, legs, and hands of the bomber, open door and throw the bomber out.
GENE BLISTER
Posted on January 6, 2011 at 11:56amSnowleopard: Tossing the bastard out would be the correct think to do, of course. But I‘m afraid he couldn’t pray to his allah: He couldn’t find east while spinning down to terminal velocity, and there would be no rug to squat on.
Report Post »SteveSD
Posted on January 6, 2011 at 12:41pmCan you imagine what would have happened if instead, it had been an American Airlines flight from Newark to Los Angeles?
Report Post »Down2TheC
Posted on January 6, 2011 at 12:54pmThat dog won’t hunt as of 9/11/01. You want to take over a plane, you’d better have some serious firepower and a lot of buddies on board.
Report Post »Abilene
Posted on January 6, 2011 at 5:00pmApparently, TSA has a branch in Turkey, because as usual, it’s the passengers who have to do the heavy lifiting, while the TSA has never found a threat. Only Israel would have caught the clown before boarding. Big Sis Janet doesn’t like the Isreali methods because her TSA might have to profile, and actually notice a young, rag head male of Middle Eastern or Northern African descent, and shake him/her down before boarding.
Report Post »*************************
Posted on January 6, 2011 at 7:11pm” Passengers Overpower Would-Be Hijacker on Turkish Flight”
Watch out, impostor-President Barack Hussein Obama (AKA Barry Obama, AKA Barry Soetoro, illegal alien Kenyan) … American’s latch on to a good idea quick.
“I wash born here, an’ I wash raished here, an’ dad gum it, I am gonna die here, an‘ no sidewindin’ bushwackin’, hornswagglin’ ******* croaker is gonna rouin me bishen cutter!” -Gabby Johnson, Blazing Saddles
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