Aeromexico Jet Hijacked - Flight Wisdom

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Since 2001, you don’t hear of many hijacked commercial jets in North America. An Aeromexico flight carrying 104 passengers was hijacked on the tarmac at Mexico City Airport. At least three hijackers, who may be Bolivian or Columbian, are threatening to blow it up if they do not speak to President Felipe Calderon, who happened to already be at the airport, preparing to depart.

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Passengers are being released from the jet, which has been moved to a remote part of the airport. The plane, a Boeing 737, was operating as flight 576 inbound from Cancun.

Update 1: Five to seven suspects have been detained. There was no bomb. The flight was seized shortly after takeoff from Cancun. One of the passengers did not know it was a hijacking till she deplaned.