A plane hijacking attempt occurred this morning on a flight on the route between Nicosia and Ankara. As the electronic edition of the Turkish newspaper Hürriyet states, the aspiring hijacker reportedly threatened to blow up a bomb if the aircraft was not redirected to Constantinople.

Eventually, everything went well and the plane landed in Ankara despite the threats of the man who was arrested by Turkish police. According to Hürriyet it is a 50 year-old man, who has not been named by Turkish authorities.

The man stressed that he wanted to go to Constantinople to participate in the May Day demonstrations.