Everyone’s greatest fears were almost realized, on Feb. 7, when it was reported that an airplane was nearly hijacked by someone who claimed they had a bomb onboard and wanted to head to Sochi, Russia.
A potential terrorist attack almost took place on Feb. 7, when a person attempted to hijack a Pegasus Airline plane and head to Sochi, Russia where the Winter Olympics are being held, according to CNN Turk.
Potential Terrorist Attack At Sochi Winter Olympics
The report claims that someone attempted to hijack the airplane headed to Turkey but was unsuccessful. The plane landed in Ukraine and currently authorities are investigating.
“While the plane was in the air, one of the passengers said that there was a bomb on board and asked the plane to not land in Sabiha Gokcen (in Turkey) but rather to land in Sochi,” Transportation Ministry official Habip Soluk told CNN.
The 110 passengers are still on the airplane.
A potential terrorist attack almost took place on Feb. 7, when a person attempted to hijack a Pegasus Airline plane and head to Sochi, Russia where the Winter Olympics are being held, according to CNN Turk.
Potential Terrorist Attack At Sochi Winter Olympics
The report claims that someone attempted to hijack the airplane headed to Turkey but was unsuccessful. The plane landed in Ukraine and currently authorities are investigating.
“While the plane was in the air, one of the passengers said that there was a bomb on board and asked the plane to not land in Sabiha Gokcen (in Turkey) but rather to land in Sochi,” Transportation Ministry official Habip Soluk told CNN.
The 110 passengers are still on the airplane.
- 2/7/2014
- by Chloe Melas
- HollywoodLife
Source: Getty / Afp People heading to Sochi now have to worry about toothpaste explosives, too. Yes: toothpaste explosives. For months, safety concerns have surrounded the Winter Games, and now the Us has warned airlines flying to Russia that explosive materials could possibly be hidden in toothpaste or makeup tubes. Threats of violence at the Olympics are nothing new, and so far, the government assures that it's still safe to travel to Sochi. Officials are monitoring the situation, and Us counterterrorism official Matthew Olsen told Congress, "There are a number of specific threats of varying degrees of credibility that we're tracking, and we're working very closely with the Russians and with other partners to monitor any threats we see and to disrupt those." It marks the latest in a series of worries. In recent weeks, Sochi had to deal with black widows, and we don't mean the spiders. Russian authorities are...
- 2/6/2014
- by Annie Gabillet
- Popsugar.com
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The Brewing Battle Over the Ground Zero Cross: An atheist advocacy organization filed suit today in New York state court to protest the cross that is a part of a memorial display at Ground Zero to the victims of the 9/11 attacks.
The Brewing Battle Over the Ground Zero Cross: An atheist advocacy organization filed suit today in New York state court to protest the cross that is a part of a memorial display at Ground Zero to the victims of the 9/11 attacks.
- 7/27/2011
- by Christopher John Farley
- Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal
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