Hijack fears disrupt Qatar flight | BBC

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Hijack fears disrupt Qatar flight | BBC

Hijack fears disrupt Qatar flight

The man is said to have forcibly
entered the plane's cockpit

A Kuwaiti man is being questioned after he forcibly entered the cockpit of a Qatar Airways jet, causing it to make an unscheduled landing in Egypt.

An airline spokesman said the man had tried to hijack the plane, but reports quoting security officials said he had not tried to divert the aircraft.

The man had been talking incoherently, harassing passengers and arguing with the cabin crew, Reuters reported.

The man was arrested at Cairo airport, and the flight continued to Doha.

The aircraft was travelling from Casablanca in Morocco to Doha, via the Libyan capital, Tripoli.

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