Time to launch the Global War on Hooliganism!
Hijack attempt on Russian plane thwarted
By Jan Korselt Thu Dec 28, 6:56 AM ET
PRAGUE (Reuters) - A passenger tried to hijack a Russian plane on Thursday but was overpowered and the aircraft was able to make an emergency landing in Prague, officials said.
“One of the passengers on board the Moscow-Geneva flight said he had an explosive device and ordered (the crew) to change course,” Lev Koshlyakov, deputy general director of Russian airline Aeroflot, told Reuters.
“By now the passenger has been pacified and is in the hands of law protection officers,” he added. "There are reasons to believe that this was an act of hooliganism."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061228/ts_nm/aeroflot_hijack_dc_3
I can’t help but picture Mike Meyers from the SNL soccer hooligan skit, drunk and punchy on a plane…
