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High drama at airport, pilot presses hijack button

Updated on: 19 October,2012 12:44 PM IST  | 
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High drama unfolded at the airport here today when the pilot of an Abu Dhabi-Kochi Air India flight pressed the hijack button in panic after passengers created a ruckus in the cockpit following diversion of the plane to Thiruvananthapuram.

High drama at airport, pilot presses hijack button

According to airport officials, protesting passengers allegedly entered the cockpit of the aircraft after having waited in the plane for over four hours to go to Kochi. The pilot then pressed the hijack button, they said.u00a0


Following the message, police and other security personnel surrounded the aircraft which was parked at the airport.


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The plane was diverted to Thiruvananthapuram due to bad weather, the officials said.

Passengers refused to deboard the aircraft despite repeated requests by the airlines.

Aviation regulator DGCA has ordered a probe into the incident, official sources said in New Delhi.
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