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| | Hijacker of Air Seychelles flight overpowered - smh.com.au |
 | | A man armed with a knife tried to hijack an Air Seychelles Boeing 737 yesterday, but was overpowered and later arrested when the plane landed as scheduled in the Maldives, officials said in Colombo. |
 | | The flight, number HM17, flies from Bombay to the Seychelles via Male, the capital of the Indian Ocean nation of the Maldives, a popular resort destination made up of 1,192 tiny coral islands. |
 | | Captain David Savy, executive chairman of Air Seychelles, said a member of the cabin crew had grabbed the man, while another had jumped on top of him and they had managed to restrain him. |
| www.smh.com.au /articles/2002/09/10/1031116000510.html (412 words) |
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