BREAKING NEWS: Forced landing at Wonderboom Airport
Passengers on a flight from Cape Town are being held on an aircraft at Wonderboom Airport, awaiting the arrival of police.
A flight from Cape Town was forced to land at Wonderboom Airport after a passenger became so unruly he had to be restrained.
Social media is abuzz with claims that the incident was in fact a hijacking, but this was strongly denied by the metro, which owns and operates the airport.
According to Tshwane metro spokesperson Blessing Manale, claims that the situation at Wonderboom Airport was a hijacking, was untrue.
“It is purely a matter of a restraint of a passenger,” Manale said.
It is understood that the passenger had to be restrained by cabin attendants before the plane landed at Wonderboom.
We confirm that hijack alert for SA8678 on 11 July 2016 from CT to Wonderboom appears to be an anomaly. 72 passengers & 4 crew members safe.
— Airlink (@Fly_Airlink) July 11, 2016
He said in terms of civil aviation regulations, all passengers must be kept on board after the plane has landed until the passenger has been removed by the police.
He said airport authorities were awaiting the removal of the passenger.
Details on or the reason for the unruly behaviour was not yet known, Manale said.
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