Barcelona - A 45-year-old Moroccan brandishing a fake gun seized a Moroccan airliner heading for Tunisia and forced it to land in Spain early yesterday morning before freeing all 81 passengers and crew and surrendering. The hijacker had demanded the plane be refuelled in Barcelona and then fly on to Frankfurt, Germany.
Moroccan hijacker surrenders
Barcelona - A 45-year-old Moroccan brandishing a fake gun seized a Moroccan airliner heading for Tunisia and forced it to land…
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