# Plane hi-jacked in Italy

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plane-hi-jacked-in-italy/375130>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [October 3, 2006, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plane-hi-jacked-in-italy/375130 "2006-10-03T17:44:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2006, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plane-hi-jacked-in-italy/375130/1 "2006-10-03T17:44:55Z")

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[AP link](http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/H/HIJACK?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2006-10-03-12-02-06)

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> BRINDISI, Italy (AP) – Two Turks protesting Pope Benedict XVI’s planned trip to Turkey next month hijacked a Turkish Airlines jet carrying 113 people from Albania to Istanbul on Tuesday, and it landed safely in this southern Italian coastal city, officials said.

Two guys. Unarmed. How did they hi-jack a plane?

I thought it was pretty much accepted that next folks that try to hi-jack a plane would be on the receiving end of a sever beat down by about 100 angry people.

Is this not the case in Europe?