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Can breathe. >> you're doing a great job, just stay calm, okay? >> just stay quiet and you will be kay. we are returning to the airport. >> what's going on? >> we contacted air traffic control. they are going to handle this. he turned the transponder off so we don't have a definitive altitude for him but they seem to think he is defending. >> a note was handed to me just as we came out of the teleconference. boston secenter has a suspected hijacker. i put the f-15s at the otis air national guard base at battle stati stations. i said, scramble them, we'll hold them over the water until we get p...

Light injuries. the prean has been evacuated. everybody has successfully left the plane after it was on a tarmac in istanbul for some time. all of the drama played out. the scrambling of turkish warplanes and the passengers ordering the crew to divert the plane here to sochi after the opening ceremonies began behind me in russia's stadium that took place while the live opening ceremonies were under way but the turks were able to bring that plane down on the previously scheduled itinerary and i guess we can say that this drama, this suspected hijacking has successfully been foiled without anybo...

Government officials, that man claimed that there was a bomb on board the aircraft. and then demanded that it be diverted here to sochi. the plane is at an airport in istanbul and, again, our sister network cnn turk reporting that the suspected hijacker has been captured by turkish security forces as the plane has been on the ground at one of istanbul's key airports and also being searched for any possible or suspected bombs or explosives. now, the passengers have been on board that plane as the search has been going on. and the turkish news agency dha has been reporting that they got the we a...

Display is under way and the olympic name moments ago has been lit. we are hearing from turkey's semi official agency that the turkish pilots aboard the plane at 1820, 6:20 p.m. istanbul time, they put out a warping about the hijacking attempt and within 20 minutes, the agency is reporting the turkish airport scrambled f-16 war planes to the black sea to escort that plane to its original deft in addition in istanbul. that is where our sister agency has been there. they have taken the man into custody. they issued a statement saying ukraine yen diplomats are on the ground at the airport now, tr...

Airline hijacking connected to the opening of the olympic games in sochi. cnn has learned that the suspected hijacker wanted a turkish airliner diverted to sochi. our nick paton walsh is on the ground for us in sochi right now. the plane is in turkey, right, nick? tell us what we know. >> reporter: well, at this point, yes, it's in the sabiha gokcen airport in istanbul. now, it was flying from ukraine, from the eastern city of kharkhov there. it had 110 passengers on board according to turkish officials. it appears that one of them during that flight while the plane was in air and its route ta...