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False hijack alarm forces evacuation of Saudi plane

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False hijack alarm forces evacuation of Saudi plane

A false hijack alarm caused commotion at Manila’s Ninoy Aquino International Airport forcing passengers of a Saudi Arabian Airline to disembark from flight 872, which was travelling from the Saudi city of Jeddah to Manila.

Earlier, a pilot on board had advised the airport’s control tower that the plane was “under threat”.

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“We instructed (the) aircraft to proceed to (the) isolated area,” the airport’s general manager Edmund Monreal told reporters.

“It is fortunate that upon landing … the crew said they made a mistake. However, we can never play around with safety and security.”

“It (the button) was unintentionally pushed. But the problem is it was pushed twice.”

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