Saturday, September 17, 2005

Hijacked plane crashes in Auckland harbor

Pilot had threatened to strike New Zealand's highest building


WELLINGTON, New Zealand - A light aircraft, hijacked by a pilot who threatened to crash it into New Zealand’s highest building in Auckland, has plunged into the city’s harbor, radio reports said on Saturday.


UPDATE: "It arose from a domestic situation. A man with a pilot's license stole a light plane and threatened to crash into the Sky Tower," Auckland police spokeswoman Phillipa White told The Associated Press. "He's crashed into the harbor ... and emergency services are out there now."

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