COURT Hijack 1

Essex police picture of one of the nine Afghan men who were jailed at the Old Bailey Friday January 18, 2002 for hijacking an Ariana 727 plane shortly after it took of from Kabul February 2000. Two brothers were jailed for five years, six men for 30 months and seventh for 27 months. The judge, Sir Edwin Jowitt, said he accepted that the group, members of the Young Intellectuals of Afghanistan, had initially been fleeing the Taliban regime. The siege at Stansted was Britain's longest airport stand-off and ended peacefully after the men surrendered. 22/05/2003: A group of Afghan men jailed for hijacking a plane from Kabul to Stansted to escape a Taliban death squad were cleared by the Court of Appeal today, Thursday 22nd May 2003. (Photo by PA Images via Getty Images)
Essex police picture of one of the nine Afghan men who were jailed at the Old Bailey Friday January 18, 2002 for hijacking an Ariana 727 plane shortly after it took of from Kabul February 2000. Two brothers were jailed for five years, six men for 30 months and seventh for 27 months. The judge, Sir Edwin Jowitt, said he accepted that the group, members of the Young Intellectuals of Afghanistan, had initially been fleeing the Taliban regime. The siege at Stansted was Britain's longest airport stand-off and ended peacefully after the men surrendered. 22/05/2003: A group of Afghan men jailed for hijacking a plane from Kabul to Stansted to escape a Taliban death squad were cleared by the Court of Appeal today, Thursday 22nd May 2003. (Photo by PA Images via Getty Images)
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