Panamanian authorities deny reports of attempted plane hijacking
Panama’s civil aviation authorities on Tuesday denied reports of an alleged attempt to hijack a Panamanian plane coming into the country from Havana.
Civil Aviation spokesman Victor De La Hoz told Panamanian television that the authorities “deny any attempt or report of a hijacking” on board Copa Airlines flight 231.
De la Hoz said the misunderstanding started when flight attendants served breakfast on board and noticed that one knife was missing in the first-class section of the plane. The subsequent search showed that one of the passengers had grabbed the knife as a “souvenir.”
Airport security officials arrested the man pending further investigation after the plane landed safely.
De La Hoz stressed that Panamanian authorities did not want to cause unnecessary alarm that might affect tourism.
A group of young Israelis caused a similar incident in Panama several years ago, when they took out toy water guns on board a flight.
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July 20th, 2008 at 4:06 am
Though panamanian authorities deny reports of attempted plane hijacking there were still humors that they just cover up the whole story in order not to alarm the tourist going to Panama, especilly on taking there trip to the said airline. The reason for “souveigner” was quiet idiotic that they even bother to arrest the man…