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KINGSTON, Jamaica Police say a gunman who hijacked a plane in Jamaica has been captured after an eight-hour standoff with police.

Police spokeswoman Camille Tracey says authorities disarmed the young man whom authorities described as "mentally challenged."

Authorities say the 20-year-old Jamaican forced his way past security check pointsCanJet Airlines plane late Sunday night. He quickly released all the passengers and two crew members, but six crew members were held at gunpoint hours longer. and seized the

 

 

A Boeing 737 belonging to CanJet sits on the tarmac near the Jamaican resort of Montego Bay, Monday, April 20, 2009. A gunman described as 'mentally challenged' forced his way onto the Canadian jet and was holding up to six crew members hostage, officials said Monday. The man demanded to be flown to Cuba after boarding the Boeing 737 late Sunday, Jamaican Information Minister Daryl Vaz told CNN. Nobody had been injured, officials said. There were 159 passengers and eight crew members aboard CanJet Flight 918 when the gunman barged through security and forced his way onto the plane, police said. He released the majority of those onboard, but was still holding six crew members, police said.

(AP Photo/Patricia Roxborough, Jamaica Observer)

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It is resolved now

A gunman described as "mentally challenged" hijacked a Canadian jet on the tarmac near the resort city of Montego Bay and was holding six members of the flight crew hostage after releasing the passengers unharmed, officials said Monday.

Police and soldiers surrounded the plane as talks continued with the hijacker before dawn, according to Jamaican police spokeswoman Camille Tracey. Nobody has been injured, officials said.

A "mentally challenged youngster" boarded the plane in Montego Bay and demanded to be flown to Cuba, Jamaican Information Minister Daryl Vaz told CNN.

There were 159 passengers and eight crew members aboard the Boeing 737 when the gunman forced his way through security checkpoints and onto the plane, according to a statement from Jamaican police. CanJet Airlines said there were 182 passengers and crew. The different numbers could not immediately be reconciled.

There are unconfirmed reports that a shot was fired outside the aircraft, CanJet Vice President Ken Woodside said in a news conference Monday.

"We are relieved that all the passengers involved in this incident are safe," Woodside said. He added that his top priority was the release of the six remaining crew members.

All the passengers were Canadian, Woodside said. The plane had arrived from Halifax, Nova Scotia, and was scheduled to stop in Santa Clara, Cuba, before returning to Canada.

The gunman and the crew of CanJet Airlines Flight 918 were still on board the plane early Monday, the airline said in a statement published early Monday on its Web site. Police said all the passengers and two crew members were released after being held a short time.

The gunman's father and other family members were assisting with negotiations, Vaz said.

Vaz said the gunman is Jamaican and about 20 years old. He did not detail the man's mental condition.

The situation began around 10 p.m. Sunday (11 p.m. EDT, 0300 GMT Monday), according to Elizabeth Scotton, a spokeswoman for Montego Bay's Sangster International Airport.

Jamaican Prime Minister Bruce Golding addressed all the passengers after they were debriefed by police and assured them that everything possible was being done to return them home quickly, according to the police statement.

The passengers were taken to a hotel, Vaz said. CanJet planned to fly another aircraft to Montego Bay to bring the passengers back to Canada, Woodside said.

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, who was in Jamaica for a one-day visit, was awakened with the news early Monday and was monitoring developments, his office told The Canadian Press.

The charter airline is owned by Halifax-based IMP Group Ltd., according to CanJet's Web site.

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Associated Press writer Mike Melia contributed to this report from San Juan, Puerto Rico.

was a sad thing that happened, happily it was all resolved without any injury, hop it doesn't have any ill effects on our tourist industry

Dj_FrEeZe wrote:

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was a sad thing that happened, happily it was all resolved without any injury, hop it doesn't have any ill effects on our tourist industry

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"hope it doesn't have any ill effects on our tourist industry" , but its goin 2 hav a effect..trust mi on dat 1..

steppz wrote:

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