Arresting one Lebanese who tried to highjack a Jordanian plane

The Jordanian minister of information Nabil al-Sharif has announced that guards of the Jordanian royal plane no. 184 foiled on Saturday an attempt made a Lebanese named Jamal Hamad Seif to highjack the plane which was heading from Amman to Kuala Lumpur through the transit station in Bancock.

The Jordanian news agency ( Petra) quoted Sharif as saying that the guards "fouled a failed attempt to highjack the plane which was preparing to land in the Thai capital in conclusion of a flight lasting for 10 hours." He added that "the guards were able to control the Lebanese passenger who claimed he is carrying explosives and intended to highjack a plane which was carrying 248 passengers."

He indicated that Seif arrived last Friday to Amman coming from Beirut. On Saturday at dawn he took the Jordanian Royal plane no. 184 heading from Amman to Kuala Lumpur as a transit passenger.