Italian Police officers escort Hakan Ekinci after he
Hijacked
hijacked the Turkish Airlines flight from Tirana to
Istanbul and diverted it to Brindisi.
(AP Photo/Max Frigione)
From Tirana:
an interview with the
Turkish Airlines crew
On 3rd October 2006 Turkish Airlines PB: Could you describe your crew turnaround all the crew remain on
flight 1476 departed Tirana, Albania,
briefing procedures at the time? board. We were not given any special
for Istanbul. In the cockpit were
MG: Before starting every flight, we information about passengers; there
Captain Mürsel Gökalp (MG) and
had a special briefing at which we were no deportees.
First Officer Yavuz Yilmaz, both
introduced crewmembers to each other. N D : We boarded the aircraft by stairs
Included in this briefing were the at the front and rear of the aircraft. As
former members of the Turkish Air
cockpit door procedures. All Chief Flight Attendant, I was at the
Force. In the cabin were Chief Flight
communication was to be by intercom forward door, so I never actually saw
Attendant Nazenin Donder (ND) and
and the door itself should be locked Hakan Ekinci board the aircraft. He
three other crewmembers looking
once passengers had started boarding. entered by the rear door and took his
after the 107 passengers on board. Anybody who wanted to visit the cockpit seat in the middle of the aircraft in row
Amongst those passengers were had to call by intercom first and, when 14; it was an aisle seat.
Sabri Abazi, an Albanian Member of
the door was open, the galley area had PB: Did any of the crew identify any
Parliament, four beauty queens who
to be clear. On that day the briefing took suspicious behaviour?
had been participating in the Miss
place in Istanbul, prior to our departure ND: No. Nobody thought he was
Globe International pageant, and one
to Tirana. acting strangely.
PB: What were the standard aircraft PB: How did the incident commence?
Hakan Ekinci who, shortly after take-
ground handling procedures in Tirana? MG: We took off from Tirana and I
off hijacked the aircraft to Brindisi,
MG: The flight from Istanbul to Tirana turned off the seatbelt sign at 10,000
Italy. Philip Baum (PB) travelled to
was normal. Passengers deplaned, the feet. Nazenin called me to ask if we
Istanbul to interview the crew of the
aircraft was serviced and we prepared wanted to eat and I said that we would
flight who now tell their tale… for our return to Turkey. As it’s a quick after we had levelled off. So a few
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