It's quite physically demanding to fly a blimp.
She said the would-be hijacker, identified as a Cuban named Juan Carlos Jimenez Gonzalez, pulled out grenades and demanded to be flown to the United States, but the pilot refused.
He shoved aside a flight attendant, took out the pistols and demanded to be flown to Paris where he apparently planned to seek asylum.
The hostage-taker, left, who had demanded to be flown to Libya, was armed with a pistol, grenades and a knife.
The Games had their first security "incident" yesterday when Turkey was forced to send a fighter jet to accompany a passenger plane from Ukraine after an (apparently inebriated) passenger made a bomb threat and demanded to be flown to Sochi.
On April 19, Mr. Fray pushed his way into a CanJet Airlines plane with 167 passengers aboard, firing a revolver into the air, took money from passengers and demanded to be flown off the island.
After a ten-hour standoff he was apprehended, but on January 21 , 1983 whilestill on probation he hijacked the same Northwest flight, this time en route, and demanded to be flown to Afghanistan.
On 10 May, Quang proclaimed a five-point "manifesto of the monks" that demanded freedom to fly the Buddhist flag, religious equality between Buddhists and Catholics, compensation for the victims' families, an end to arbitrary arrests, and punishment for the officials responsible.
Once airborne, they proceeded to hijack the plane, with Mr. Sims first demanding to be flown to Algeria and then, upon being informed that the aircraft was not equipped for a transatlantic flight, to Cuba.
Mrs. T. flew into a rage & demanded to see it.
