Delighted Sudanese Home After Hijacking Ordeal
Passengers from a hijacked Sudanese jet returned home to delighted families in Khartoum on Thursday, August 28, 2008. Two hijackers of the passenger plane surrendered to Libyan authorities at a remote desert airport on Wednesday after freeing all passengers on board, almost 24 hours after the drama began in Darfur. Passengers said the hijackers, armed with two small guns, claimed there were explosives on board and threatened to blow up the Boeing 737.