But he failed. “Turkish commerical plane with 175 passengers hijacked,” from EITB, with thanks to Marked Manner, who has details on the press coverage: Police on Tuesday detained a man who tried to hijack a plane and divert it to Iran by threatening to blow it up, CNN-Turk television reported. Turkish authorities on Tuesday detained … Continue reading Qur’an-reading man tries to hijack Turkish plane with 178 passengers aboard