Hijack charges

Friday 30 August 1996 18:02 EDT

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Police charged seven Iraqi men in connection with the hijacking earlier this week of a Sudan Airways airliner that was forced to land at Stansted airport, with 199 passengers and crew on board.

The seven men, who had been questioned at Harlow police station, Essex, were charged with hijacking under the Aviation Securities Act 1982. They will appear at Harlow magistrates court this morning.

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