ATTEMPTED HIJACKING OF TURKEY-TO-CAIRO FLIGHT

HAARETZ:

Security guards thwarted an attempted hijacking Wednesday on an EgyptAir flight from Istanbul to Cairo by overpowering a man who threatened crew with a knife, a security official for the airline said.

A Sudanese man used a knife from the in-flight meal to threaten crew members after the plane left Turkish airspace and demanded that the flight be diverted to Jerusalem, the official said.

Guards on the flight were able to detain the man and no one was hurt, he said.

The flight landed safely at Cairo airport. The man was arrested and was being questioned by state security, said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he is not an official spokesman.

The Boeing aircraft was carrying 87 passengers, a Cairo police official said. He identified the suspect as Mohammed Hamad Nourain, 26, and said he used a passport with a phony name to board the flight.

The man told flight attendants he wanted to liberate Jerusalem, the police official said.

A JIHADIST, NO DOUBT.

TOO BAD FOR HIM THERE'S NO ACLU IN EGYPT - AND NO ERIC HOLDER OR OBAMA!