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Article: 5th LD, Writethru: Jamaican plane hijacker in police custody, all crew members safe
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- April 20, 2009
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5th LD, Writethru: Jamaican plane hijacker in police custody, all
crew members safe
MEXICO CITY, April 20 (Xinhua) -- The gunman who hijacked the
CanJet plane in Jamaica is now in police custody, and all the
remaining crew were released unharmed, the Canadian airline said in
a statement posted on its website on Monday.
The gunman was arrested by the Jamaican police, the country's
information minister told CNN.
The police "were able to capture the gunman without anybody being
harmed. The six crew members have actually come off the plane, and
the gunman is in police custody as we speak," said Information
Minister Daryl Vaz.
According to a government statement, the gunman surrendered to
the ...