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CAIRO — Security guards thwarted an attempted hijacking Wednesday on an EgyptAir flight from Istanbul to Cairo by overpowering a man who threatened crew members with a knife, a security official for the airline said.
A Sudanese man used a plastic knife from the in-flight meal to threaten flight attendants after the plane carrying 87 passengers left Turkish airspace; he demanded that the flight be diverted to Jerusalem, the official said. Guards on the flight were able to detain the man, and no one was hurt, he said.
