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Hijacking of Israeli Plane Thwarted

By Ivan Watson

Published November 17, 2002 at 12:00 AM EST

An El Al airplane lands safely in Istanbul after security guards overpower a man who tried to storm the cockpit hijack the aircraft, which carried 168 people. The plane was heading from Tel Aviv to Istanbul. NPR's Ivan Watson reports.

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