Pegasus Airlines Flight 751

Pegasus Airlines Flight 751 (IATA code: PC 751, ICAO code: PGT 751, Callsign: SUNTURK 751), on 7 February 2014, one day after the start of the 2014 Winter Olympics, a man attempted to hijack a Pegasus Airlines flight from Ukraine, saying he had a bomb onboard and demanding to be flown to Sochi, the host city of the Olympics. The pilots turned off the inflight monitors and landed in Istanbul, fooling the man into thinking he was landing in Sochi. The plane, a Boeing 737-800, was escorted to Istanbul by two Turkish F-16 fighter jets. The man, who appeared to be severely intoxicated, was detained by police and taken to the Istanbul Security Headquarters.

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