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BREAKING: Belize plane hijacking sees knifeman try to take over aircraft full of terrified passengers
@Source: mirror.co.uk
A knife-wielding man has been shot dead by police after he attempted to hijack a plane mid-flight.
Police were called to the Philip Goldson International Airport in Belize this evening following reports that the man had produced a knife on a small passenger plane and attempted to take over the aircraft.
The Tropic Air plane was mid-flight, local media said, when the man - who has been identified as a US national - attempted the takeover.
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