51.   Tokcan has said previously that the hijackers have no quarrel with Turkey and their action is aimed against Russia and its war against Chechen separatists.

52.   In the meantime, police were gathering information to determine whether the hijacker had accomplices on the plane and what weapons he might possess, according to reports.

53.   Finally, the hijackers had enough.

54.   It later turned out that the hijackers had no explosives.

55.   Police said the hijackers had an unspecified number of family members with them, and that additional persons might yet be arrested.

56.   Passengers afterwards said the hijackers had sticks of dynamite, and had begun praying as the plane taxied towards the control tower shortly before the assault.

57.   Police said the seven hijackers arrested had an unspecified number of family members with them.

58.   Police said the six hijackers arrested had an unspecified number of family members with them, and that additional arrests might be made.

59.   Security forces later discovered that the hijackers had neither weapons nor explosives.

60.   Suna quoted the pilot as saying he believed the hijackers had no political motives for their actions and simply wanted to leave Ethiopia.