News Source: Macleans
| 2 months ago
Five Canadians were among the passengers caught up in a bizarre hijacking in Mexico. A Bolivian preacher hijacked an Aeromexico 737 jet Wednesday as it flew between the resort town of Cancun and Mexico City. All 103 passengers and crew were released...
News Source: CNN
| 2 months ago
A 44-year-old former drug addict and alcoholic who now works as a minister was the sole person responsible for the brief hijacking Wednesday of a commercial jetliner, a Mexican official said. The suspect, Josmar Flores Pereira, told authorities he...
News Source: International Business Times
| 2 months ago
Federal authorities are expected to hold a news conference in Mexico City at around 6:50pm EST today to provide further information on the incident that involved the abduction of 104 passengers of Aeromexico's flight 576. None of the passengers were...
News Source: The New Zealand Herald
| 2 months ago
All on board the aeroplane briefly hijacked as it landed in Mexico City on Wednesday (local time) have been freed. The hijackers released all passengers shortly before federal police stormed the plane, and the crew emerged unharmed moments later.
News Source: Fox News
| 2 months ago
Aeromexico Flight 576 is on the runway after landing in Mexico City Airport. Sept. 9: Aeromexico Flight 576 is on the runway after landing in Mexico City Airport. A Mexican plane carrying American, French and Mexican passengers was hijacked...
News Source: Japan Today
| 2 months ago
A commercial airliner carrying 104 passengers from Cancun was hijacked Wednesday en route to Mexico City’s airport, where three hijackers allowed the passengers to deplane but held the crew members, CNN television reported. The hijackers aboard the...