Police Foil Hijacking by Shooting Out Tire on Jet
Associated Press
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. —
A man put a gun to a co-pilot’s head aboard an otherwise-empty Delta Air Lines DC-9 on Friday and ordered him to take off, but police shot out a tire on the plane and the gunman surrendered, authorities said.
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