Plane Hijacking Ends in Canary Islands
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An armed man who hijacked a Mauritanian plane to Spain's Canary Islands Thursday was overpowered by passengers and crew before he was arrested by police who boarded the plane shortly after landing, government ...Comment
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A man armed with two pistols hijacked an Air Mauritania flight Thursday, but was subdued by two passengers, a Spanish official said.
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Spanish police arrested four Moroccans on the Canary Island of Lanzarote on suspicion of being members of the Moroccan Islamic Combatant Group. One is believed to have had a possible role in the Madrid train bombings, the Interior Ministry said.
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An armed man who hijacked a Mauritanian plane to Spain's Canary Islands Thursday was overpowered by passengers and crew before he was arrested by police who boarded the plane shortly after landing, government and airline officials said.
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Fighter planes from three European countries intercepted and tailed a Spanish airliner in a terror scare in May after the civilian aircraft's pilots failed to answer messages from air traffic controllers, the Spanish airline said Wednesday.
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The last of four suspects in an alleged plot to blow up New York's JFK airport surrenders in Trinidad, police say.
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A collision between Israeli and Spanish airliners was averted Thursday, an official said.
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MADRID, Spain -- An armed man who hijacked a Mauritanian plane to Spain's Canary Islands Thursday was overpowered by passengers and crew before he was arrested by police who boarded the plane shortly after landing, government and airline officials said.
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LAS PALMAS, Spain  - Spanish police arrested the suspected hijacker of a Mauritanian plane who was knocked over by a hard landing and overpowered by passengers on Thursday, a source close to the Mauritanian presidency said.
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Almost 200 migrants believed to be from Pakistan and Sri Lanka reach the Canary Islands by boat.
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At least 20 migrants drowned when their boat split while sailing from Africa to Spain's Canary Islands, survivors told police Thursday.Comment
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Police exploded a suspect package at the airport on the Spanish Mediterranean holiday island of Ibiza Saturday after a warning attributed to Basque separatist organisation ETA, media reports said.
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Spanish police arrested the hijacker of an Air Mauritania plane that landed in Las Palmas airport, and the 71 passengers have been freed unharmed, Canary Islands police chief Jose Segura said.
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ATHENS, Greece -- Two armed hijackers have surrendered and released their hostages, 18 hours after seizing a bus near Athens, Greece.
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The Spanish authorities detain 176 illegal immigrants who tried to reach the Canary Islands by ship.
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The airport on the Spanish holiday island of Ibiza is evacuated after a bomb warning.
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Rescuers have found the bodies of 13 Africans on a makeshift boat after a failed attempt to reach the Canary Islands, Spanish officials said.