South African Man Arrested After Hijack Attempt | Aero-News Network
Aero-News Network
RSS icon RSS feed
podcast icon MP3 podcast
Subscribe Aero-News e-mail Newsletter Subscribe

Airborne Unlimited -- Most Recent Daily Episodes

Episode Date

Airborne-Monday

Airborne-Tuesday

Airborne-Wednesday Airborne-Thursday

Airborne-Friday

Airborne On YouTube

Airborne-Unlimited-10.06.25

AirborneNextGen-
10.07.25

Airborne-Unlimited-10.08.25

Airborne-FlightTraining-10.09.25

AirborneUnlimited-10.10.25

Mon, Oct 06, 2003

South African Man Arrested After Hijack Attempt

Suspect Not Allowed On Board Earlier

What do you get when your flight is overbooked, you're late and forced to sit idly in the terminal waiting for the next God-knows-when jetliner? You get angry. And in the case of a 38-year old South African man, you get in trouble.

South African Airlines says the unidentified man had indeed been bumped from an SA flight that was supposed to take him to Capetown from Durban. So he got on another flight, still fuming. A flight attendant reported the man was verbally abusive and threatened to hijack flight SA613.

Oops.

That got him and his wife thrown off the second flight and landed the man behind bars. He'll  appear in the Amanzimtoti Magistrate's Court tomorrow. He will be charged under the Civil Aviation Act which amongst others, states that one cannot threaten the safety of an aircraft or its passengers.

FMI: www.caa.co.za

Advertisement

More News

Aero-News: Quote of the Day (10.16.25)

“This integration marks a significant step forward in cockpit connectivity and safety. It is one of few solutions offered to business aviation and rotorcraft operators that p>[...]

Airborne 10.15.25: Phantom 3500 Confounds, Citation CJ3 Gen2 TC, True Blue Power

Also: Kodiak 100 Joins USFS, Innovative Solutions & Support Renamed, Gulfstream Selects Honeywell, Special Olympics Airlift The Phantom 3500 mockup made an appearance where the>[...]

ANN's Daily Aero-Term (10.16.25): Enhanced Flight Vision System (EFVS)

Enhanced Flight Vision System (EFVS) An EFVS is an installed aircraft system which uses an electronic means to provide a display of the forward external scene topography (the natur>[...]

True Blue Power and Mid-Continent Instruments and Avionics Power NBAA25 Coverage

Mid-Continent Instruments and Avionics and True Blue Power ANN's NBAA 2025 Coverage... Visit Them At Booth #3436 True Blue Power Unveils 50 Amp-hour Lithium-ion, Main Ship Battery >[...]

NTSB Final Report: Bellanca 17-30A

Shortly After Takeoff, The Engine Completely Lost Power Analysis: The pilot reported that the engine start, run-up, and takeoff were without incident. However, shortly after takeof>[...]

blog comments powered by Disqus



Advertisement

Advertisement

Podcasts

Advertisement

© 2007 - 2025 Web Development & Design by Pauli Systems, LC