Jamaica Airport Montego Bay Hostage Incident
April 19, 2009 by national
Filed under Incident Reports
UPDATE: Th motive of the armed gunman appears to be robbery. All passengers have been released and the suspect is in custody.
Jamaica Airport Montego Bay – Passengers were reportedly taken hostage on a charter flight at a Jamaican airport.
They were boarding the CanJet flight from Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay to Halifax, Canada, late Sunday when the security breach occurred, said Elizabeth Scotton, a spokeswoman for the company that manages the airport.
About 150 people were scheduled to be on the flight, said Jamaican police Lt. Col. Derek Robinson, and it was not known how many were on the plane.
Lt. Damain Bromley of the police said they were waiting for more information. An airport official reported the security breach, he added.
