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Sunday, September 13, 2009

AP -Jamaican police storm airliner to capture gunman

From my archive of press clippings:

AP

Jamaican police storm airliner to capture gunman


By HOWARD CAMPBELL, Associated Press Writer

Howard Campbell, Associated Press Writer – Mon Apr 20, 4:22 pm ET

KINGSTON, Jamaica – A disoriented young man with a gun forced his way past security and barged onto a jetliner destined for Cuba, taking the crew hostage, firing a bullet that grazed the co-pilot's face and demanding to be flown off the island, witnesses and police said Monday.

Read the whole article here.

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Associated Press writers Mike Melia in San Juan, Puerto Rico, and Rob Gillies in Toronto contributed to this report.

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