Turkey, Ankara / Trend corr. А.Аlaskarov / Civil airline of Atlasjet aviation company flying to Cyprus - Istanbul, was high-jacked. After flight from Ercan airport about at 08:30 the airline landed in the airport of Anatolia for top-up.
The Turkish Haberkusag? Agency has reported that there are about 136 passengers in the airline of MD83mark.
Hijacker managed to enter to the cabin of the airline demanding to change the course of flight to Iran. The captain of the airline, Faruk Jamli, could persuade the hijackers and they landed in the Anatolia-based airport for top-up. The name and numbers of hijackers have not been announced.
The airline is being surrounded by the security forces. Measures have been taken to begin negotiations.