South African plane hijacking a “false alarm”
Early reports that a South African plane was hijacked have been dismissed, with a technical glitch being blamed for the false alarm.
Arrive Alive confirmed that the hijack distress signal indicated after landing, but was set off due to technical glitch.
Tweets and early reports were sent out on Monday (11 July) alerting the public that a South African plane was hijacked en route to Wonderboom in Pretoria.
The plane was part of SA Airlink, and was carrying 72 passengers and 4 staff. The plane was travelling between Cape Town and Pretoria.
SA Airlink confirmed that the alert was sent out due to an anomaly.
“We confirm that hijack alert for SA8678 on 11 July 2016 from CT to Wonderboom appears to be an anomaly. 72 passengers & 4 crew members safe,” thegroup said.
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