World IN BRIEF : INDIA : 4 Art Students Hijack Airplane
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Four art students seeking to postpone their final examinations hijacked an Indian Airlines plane but were quickly overpowered by passengers after the jetliner returned to Lucknow. One hijacker was even slapped across the face “as if he were a naughty child,” said Tom Segev, an Israeli journalist who was on the flight.
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