據美國《紐約郵報》報道,當地時間17日,美國一名退伍軍人在伯利茲劫持一架熱帶航空公司的小型客機時被擊斃。A small passenger plane was reportedly hijacked by a knife-wielding man in Belize on Thursday. A source at the airport in Belize told Newsweek that "all flights are grounded" and that staff are "freaking out." pic.twitter.com/u7diuQYXfa
— Newsweek (@Newsweek) April 17, 2025
這架熱帶航空公司的客機載有14名乘客,起飛後不久男子持刀接近駕駛艙,命令飛行員帶他回美國。
據報道,男子在機上刺傷3人,隨後被一名乘客開槍擊中胸部。飛機盤旋後最終在伯利茲萊迪維爾平安著陸,劫機男子不治身亡。警方表示,開槍乘客是受傷人員之一,其背部和肺部被刺傷,目前情況危急。#Breaking U.S. Citizen Hijacks Tropic Air Plane in Belize, Fatally Shot After Injuring Three—Full Details
— PitunisWorld (@ScMesab) April 17, 2025
The Hijacking
On April 17, 2025, at 8:30 a.m. local time, a U.S. citizen named Akinyela Sawa Taylor, a 49-year-old from California, hijacked a Tropic Air Cessna… pic.twitter.com/0MI1jQXj7c
警方表示,正調查他如何入境及如何將刀具帶上飛機。