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May 05, 1972 - Plane Hijackers Surrender: Four hijackers of Turkish nationality surrendered last week after seizing a Turkish DC-9 airliner with more than 60 people aboard between Ankara and Istanbul and forced it to fly to Sofia, Bulgaria. They threatened to blow up the plane and the passengers if the Turkish government did not free six guerillas held under sentence of death. The passengers were held for 28 hours - but the Turkish Government refused to release the condemned men. It agreed however, to Bulgaria granting the hijackers political asylum. The passengers left the plane in high spirits. Photo shows Whilst the plane was being held - one of the passengers suffered a heart attack, and he is seen here leaving the plane assisted by a crew members, after the hijacked had allowed him to leave. On left is one of the hijackers, armed with a pistol
