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13 deaths as hijack ends in shooting, fireMANILA, Sunday (AAP-Rcuter). — A hijacked Philippines airliner burst into flames after an outbreak of shooting today and at least 13 people were killed, a military spokesman said.Up to 14 people were injured in the scramble by scores of passengers to flee the BAC-111 jet at Zamboanga Airport in the southern Philippines, he said.Rut most of the 82 passengers and five crew were understood to be safe.The spokesman said three of the six Moslem gunmen who hijacked the aircraft during a domes-lie flight on Friday were among the dead. Airline sources said three women were uiso killed, and Ihc aircraft was almost completely destroyed.Airline sources said the three surviving hijackers were wounded and captured by troops.The six pien. armed with hand guns, grenadesand knives and idcnli- i fying themselves as Moslem students, seized the airliner shortly after it look off from the southern city of Davao.It touched down at Zamboanga, 400 kilometres to the west, and remained there at a corner of the airport, surrounded by troops and military personnel carriers.CommunicationsdisruptedCommunications with Zamboanga. 1.000 kilometres south of Manila, were being disrupted by Typhoon Olga, which lipped through the Manila area yesterday and was lingering in the region today.A witness said a number of relatives of the hi- j jnckcrs had boarded the aircraft, and when they began to leave several of the passengers apparently tried to follow them.The Witness _ said he heard six shots inside the aircraft, and some of the soldiers* who surrounded it opened fire.
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Canberra Times
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, AU
Mon, May 24, 1976
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