Mexico plane hijacked

Police prepare to enter a hijacked Aeromexico plane sitting on the tarmac at Mexico City's international airport Wednesday.

Police prepare to enter a hijacked Aeromexico plane sitting on the tarmac at Mexico City’s international airport Wednesday.  (Marco Ugarte / Associated Press)

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Passengers

Mexican security forces talk with passengers of a hijacked Aeromexico flight at Mexico City‘s airport Wednesday. The flight from the popular Mexican tourist resort of Cancun was taken over with 104 people on board and landed in Mexico City. All the people onboard the flight were safely evacuated, officials said, as security forces swarmed the international airport within minutes.  (Sergio Hernandez / AFP/Getty Images)

Security forces

Federal Mexican forces at the Mexico City airport maneuver near the Aeromexico plane that was hijacked out of Cancun earlier Wednesday.  (Mario Guzman / EPA)

Suspected hijackers

Suspected hijackers of an Aeromexico plane are escorted handcuffed by federal forces away from the plane on the tarmac at Mexico City’s international airport Wednesday.  (Marco Ugarte / Associated Press)

Aeromexico

Federal Mexican forces escort suspected hijackers on the tarmac at the Mexico City airport after removing them from the Aeromexico plane.  (Mario Guzman / EPA)

Freed passengers

Passengers of an Aeromexico plane that was hijacked Wednesday and landed in Mexico City are driven away in a police vehicle.  (Marco Ugarte / Associated Press)