Simply Dumb

Yesterday, two Turk and Syrian "Muslims protesting against the United States" hijacked a Turkish airplane full of civilian passengers and demanded that it be flown to Tehran.  Fortunately the plane landed "early" in Antalya and everyone escaped unharmed.  However, it seems a little weird how the incident finally ended:

In the end, the hijackers surrendered with their hands in the air. They shook hands with Turkish officials before being seated in a police car and taken away for interrogation.

It’s nice to know that the Turkish police take plane hijackings so seriously.  I’m not sure if polite handshakes are what we would call deterrence…  Read the whole story below:

The hijacking Saturday of a Turkish airliner carrying 136 passengers from northern Cyprus to Istanbul ended without bloodshed. After a five-hour standoff at a Turkey’s Antalya airport, the hijackers, said to be a Turk and a Syrian, surrendered.

Before the surrender, dozens of passengers had already escaped the plane by breaking through a door in the back of the aircraft. The passengers jumped more then 10 feet to the tarmac below.

Later, the hijackers released remaining hostages, one by one, out of the front of the plane.

The hijackers claimed to have a bomb and a knife. They initially demanded that the plane be flown to Iran. But the hijackers were unable to break into the cockpit. The pilots were the first to escape from the aircraft after it landed in Antalya.

Passengers said the hostage-takers identified themselves as Muslims protesting against the United States.

In the end, the hijackers surrendered with their hands in the air. They shook hands with Turkish officials before being seated in a police car and taken away for interrogation.

source Tags: dumb news, poor deterrence, hijacking, terrorism, turkey, iran, syria

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