World IN BRIEF : CZECHOSLOVAKIA : Hijacker Gives Up After Pilot Escapes
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A 17-year-old hijacker who held a Czechoslovak airliner for 16 hours in Prague surrendered at dawn after his last hostage, the pilot, escaped. The youth--who diverted the Czechoslovak Airlines plane during a flight from Bratislava to Prague by saying he had explosives--had demanded $590,000 and a flight to Libya. He released 11 passengers and four of the five crew members after the plane landed Monday.
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