An American who kidnapped a plane on Thursday in Belice With 14 people on board, armed with a knife with which he wounded two passengers and a crew member, He died from the shot of one of the injured passengers After landing the aircraft at an airport in the Caribbean country.
The airline plane Tropic Air I made the route Corozal – San Pedro And although the kidnapper asked the pilot to fly outside the Belizean territory, he finally landed at the Philip Swgoldson International Airport in the capital of Belize, needing to refuel to continue the journey.
Several sources from the Topic Air airline consulted by EFE confirmed the “emergency and that they were going up, but they avoided giving more information.
For his part, the Belize police commissioner, Chester Williams, In an impromptu press conference at the airport, he explained that the situation was under control after despite the initial opposition by the kidnapper, knowing that the security forces were waiting for him, the plane managed to land on time, just at the time he “ran out of fuel.”
“The kidnapper had a knife and, as we knew for one of the injured passengers, when landing the plane (the passenger) shot him. He had a weapon licenseso it was he who shot the kidnapper and also handed us the gun. Unfortunately, That passenger is in critical condition“said the commissioner.
He explained that although it is not confirmed, this passenger -which shot the kidnapper “in the chest”– He was stabbed “in the back and it seems that His lungs were collapsing. He was urgently transferred to the hospital. “
“We are praying for him. It is our hero today, I must say, “Williams acknowledged.
He was also transferred to the hospital El kidnapping, where “He was declared dead upon arrival.”
The commissioner explained that they have the knife with which the kidnapper He wounded “two passengers and a pilot” of the plane, in which 14 passengers were traveling, among which there were two Americans and the rest were Belize nationals, including a minor.
The United States Embassy He was contacted and is doing his research on what happened, he noted.
According to several local media, this is One of the most serious aerial incidents in the recent history of Belize.
