Egypt's air marshals foil plane hijack attempt by Sudanese passenger.October 21, 2009 (CAIRO) -- Two air marshals overpowered o·ver·pow·er tr.v. o·ver·pow·ered, o·ver·pow·er·ing, o·ver·pow·ers 1. To overcome or vanquish by superior force; subdue. 2. To affect so strongly as to make helpless or ineffective; overwhelm. 3. a man armed with a plastic food knife during a flight from Istanbul to Cairo on Wednesday night, the Egyptian media reported. File photo showing an Egypt Air Boeing 737 plane According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the reports a Sudanese passenger on board the Egypt Air flight pulled out the knife at a female attendant, minutes after takeoff saying he wants the flights diverted to Jerusalem "to liberate (Liberate Technologies, San Mateo, CA) A software company that specialized in the information appliance field. Formerly Network Computer, Inc. (NCI), a spin-off from Oracle in 1996, it changed its name in 1999. it". Egyptian security sources said that air marshals "easily" got a grip of the hijacker adding that he later turned out to be intoxicated in·tox·i·cate v. in·tox·i·cat·ed, in·tox·i·cat·ing, in·tox·i·cates v.tr. 1. To stupefy or excite by the action of a chemical substance such as alcohol. 2. . The Sudanese passenger was identified as 28 years old man working a sales representatives named Mohamed Hamad but holding a forged passport under the name Mus'ab Ibrahim Khogali. Some passengers have said that Hamad was speaking of "Israeli actions in Al-Aqsa Holy mosque". The flight continued afterwards and the 87 passengers on board continued to their destination unharmed. The man was immediately taken into custody by Egyptian law Egyptian law Law that prevailed in Egypt from c. 3000 BC to c. 30 BC. No formal Egyptian code of law has been preserved, but legal documents (e.g., deeds and contracts) have survived. The pharaoh was the ultimate authority in the settlement of disputes. enforcement. The head of security at Egypt Air airlines Esam Gamal Al-Deen said that the air marshals will receive a reward for "their performance on board the plane and controlling the passenger in a matter of one minute and securing the flight and passengers until it safely arrived". (ST) Copyright 2003-2009 SudanTribune - All rights reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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