All 104 passengers and crew on board a passenger plane hijacked in Mexico on Wednesday are safe. Five suspects were detained soon after the flight landed in the Mexican capital. Police said later that there was only one hijacker.
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Mexican Federal Police present to the media Jose Mar Flores Pereira from Bolivia accused of hijacking an AeroMexico plane in Mexico City, September 9, 2009. [Xinhua/Reuters]
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The passengers descended from the plane after it landed in Mexico City. They appeared calm and boarded nearby buses. Five handcuffed men were brought off the Boeing 737 plane by police, shortly after.
The flight was seized after taking off from the Caribbean resort of Cancun. Police say a Bolivian religious fanatic briefly hijacked the plane from the beach resort of Cancun. The Bible-carrying hijacker used a juice can he said was a bomb to hold the 104 passengers and crew on the tarmac for more than an hour.
Masked police stormed the aircraft with their guns drawn and escorted several suspects away without firing a shot. Police later said there was only one hijacker.
