FALSE ALARM
(N.Z P. A. -Reuter —Copyright) CANBERRA, Sept. 27. A Civil Aviation Ministry spokesman said tonight that the reported hijacking of an Olympic Airways Boeing 707 airliner on the way to Singapore was now known to be a false alarm.
The spokesman said the pilot of the aircraft had inadvertently set off an alarm device which broadcast a signal saying the pilot and crew were experiencing an emergency. The airliner landed In Singapore normally. The aircraft touched down seven hours after taking off from Sydney with 31 passengers and 11 crew aboard.
Forty-five minutes after it landed passengers were boarding the aircraft and it was being refuelled for take-off for Bangkok, Nicosia and Athens.
Earlier, two truckloads of troops rushed to the airport after Sydney reports that the plane had been hi-]acked and a ransom demand had been made.
The airport officials said: “We have heard about this supposed mystery, and of course we took precautions. But happily nothing came of it.”
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Press, Volume CXII, Issue 33033, 28 September 1972, Page 1
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