Axe Man Attacks Pilots, Passenger on Norway Plane
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An Algerian-born man attacked two pilots and a passenger with an axe on a domestic Norwegian flight on Wednesday in an unexplained assault that police said could be linked to his asylum status.
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A passenger jet was hijacked Thursday shortly after takeoff from Mauritania and flown to the Canary Islands, where security forces raided the plane and arrested a suspect, Spain's Foreign Ministry said.Comment
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One man was dead and five other people were in critical condition after an individual armed with a knife went on a morning rampage in north London, hospital officials said.
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A man wearing military fatigues and throwing punches into the air tried to open the exit door of a jet during a cross-country flight on Tuesday night, airline officials and passengers said.
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A knife-wielding woman stabbed the pilot of a small commuter plane in New Zealand and threatened to blow it up in an apparent hijack attempt Friday, police said.
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TENERIFE, Canary Islands -- A fast-thinking pilot with passengers in cahoots foiled a hijacker by braking hard upon landing, then accelerating to knock the man down. When he fell, flight attendants threw boiling water in his face, and about 10 people pounced on him, Spanish officials said yesterday.
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Norwegian flight in an unexplained assault that police say could be linked to his asylum status. flying seven passengers from Narvik to Bodoe in northern Norway.
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One man was dead and five others critically wounded, as an individual armed with a knife went on a morning rampage in north London, police and hospital officials said.
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A passenger jet was hijacked Thursday shortly after takeoff from Mauritania and flown to the Canary Islands, where security forces raided the plane and arrested a suspect, Spain's Foreign Ministry said.
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An Algerian-born man attacked two pilots and a passenger with an axe on a domestic Norwegian flight Wednesday in an unexplained assault that police said could be linked to his asylum status.
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A fast-thinking pilot with passengers in cahoots fooled a hijacker by braking hard upon landing, then accelerating to knock the man down.Comment
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LAS PALMAS, Spain  - Passengers overpowered a suspected armed hijacker who had commandeered a Mauritanian plane on Thursday when he was knocked off his feet during a hard landing, a source close to the Mauritanian presidency said.
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A woman stabbed two pilots and threatened to blow up a plane on a New Zealand domestic flight early Friday, Radio New Zealand reported.
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OSLO, Norway - It was one of the toughest fights Jorun Lyngstad had experienced during her time as a Norwegian police officer. A wood grouse, Europe's biggest game bird, attacked Lyngstad during a Wednesday bike ride in the woods, ramming the off-duty officer from the side and sending her flying through the air, local media reported...
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OSLO (dpa) - Two pilots and a passenger on a Kato Air flight to Bodo airport in northern Norway were attacked and injured by an axe-wielding passenger Wednesday, reports said.
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OSLO Aviation officials and airlines were scrambling to improve security at small local airports in Norway on Thursday, a day after a passenger smuggled an ax on board a commuter plane and attacked two pilots.
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AN axe-wielding passenger has attacked two pilots aboard a Norwegian passenger plane in an apparent but failed bid to crash it. Police said the man had been taken to a psychiatric unit.