WORLD IN BRIEF : SOVIET UNION : Convicts Hijack Plane to Pakistan
A gang of 11 convicts from a Siberian labor camp overpowered their guards aboard an Aeroflot passenger flight carrying 29 passengers and nine crew members. They hijacked the plane to Karachi, Pakistan, where they sought political asylum. No one was hurt. One of the convicts apparently smuggled weapons on board in an artificial limb, the Soviet news agency Tass reported. The hijackers surrendered after landing at Karachi International Airport. Authorities did not say whether the hijackers would be given asylum or sent back to the Soviet Union.
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