HIJACKS
11 FEBRUARY: PORTO ALEGRE, BRAZIL A TAM Airlines flight en route from Montevideo, Uruguay, to Sao Paulo had to make an emergency landing in Porto Alegre after a passenger who, as an employee of TAM had access to the cockpit, attacked the Captain, causing the aircraft to lose altitude and the flight deck crew to shout for assistance. The man was successfully restrained.
8 MARCH: AL-OBAYID, SUDAN
A 19-year old student attempted to hijack a flight en route from Wau, in South Sudan, to Khartoum. Armed with a knife concealed in his carry-on bags, he broke into the cockpit 40 minutes into the flight and demanded the pilot divert to Uganda. He was overpowered by a flight engineer and the plane landed at Al-Obayid airport, in North Kordofan state, where he was arrested.
13 MARCH: WATSON ISLAND, FLORIDA Two seaplanes were vandalised during the night at the Miami Seaplane Base on Watson Island. More than $7,000 of damage was caused – the vandals had seemingly smashed windows with a rock.
14 MARCH: BORACAY, PHILIPPINES A man set fire to the compound of Kalibo International Airport; he was arrested and found to be carrying a knife.
14 MARCH: ADEN A vehicle
22 MARCH: SHEKSNA, RUSSIA A man and a woman hijacked a Mi-2 helicopter booked for a business delegation and forced the pilot, at gunpoint, to fly to a prison located around 300 miles from Moscow to facilitate the escape of Alexei Shestakov, 35. The helicopter hovered over the prison where they dropped a ladder so that Shestakov, a convicted murderer, could make his escape. Shestakov was later re-arrested.
exploded killing one person and injuring two on the road that leads to Aden International Airport.
14 MARCH: PUERTO MALDONADO, PERU 12,500
gold miners attempted to seize public buildings, including the
airport, in their attempt to gain control of Puerto Maldonado as part of their attempt to prevent government efforts to regulate small-scale gold extraction, which is alleged to be ravaging the rain forest and contaminating it with mercury. At least 3 people were killed, whilst 38 were treated at Santa Rosa regional hospital for injuries.
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SABOTAGE & ATTACKS
1 FEBRUARY: LAGOS Armed robbers stole about $600,000 from the Bureau de Change at Murtala Muhammed International Airport.
3 MARCH: BRISTOL, UK Red paint was thrown inside the terminal at Bristol Airport as part of a demonstration against animal transportation, which the airport denies being a centre for. Seven people were arrested.
17 MARCH: SINGAPORE
A 30-year-old Chinese national allegedly hijacked a taxi near the SATS In-flight Catering Centre at Changi Airport following a dispute with the driver. He drove off
in the direction of the Budget Terminal, where he collided with, and killed, 34-year- old airport cleaner, Chandra Mogan. He also caused damage to the building. It is reported that he attempted to flee after hitting the cleaner but was stopped by passers-by.
18 MARCH: BOGOTA A Super King Air 300 aircraft, valued at $6 million, was seemingly stolen from a maintenance hangar at Bogota’s International Airport.
1 APRIL: HONIARA, SOLOMON ISLANDS A 32-year–old man, allegedly equipped with a gas cylinder, a match, petrol and a bush knife, attempted to set fire to an office at Honiara International Airport resulting in the evacuation of the terminal. The incident was linked to a domestic dispute - the man’s wife is reported to work for Solomon Airlines.
INCIDENTS
2 FEBRUARY: RAWALPINDI Prof. Dr Ashraf Qureshi died. Qureshi had, together with his cousin Hashim Qurshi, hijacked an Indian Airlines Fokker F27 on 30 January 1971.
8 FEBRUARY: LONDON GATWICK A 33-year-old man died at Gatwick Airport after cutting his own throat with a broken bottle. He had been found behaving strangely in the airport terminal and was escorted to the train station ticket office by officers who, allegedly, thought he was going to leave the airport. Police were called back as the man was seen to be cutting himself with a bottle. They used a Taser to subdue him but the man later died due to his injuries.
April 2012 Aviationsecurityinternational
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