Axe Man Runs Amok on Norway Plane, Injures Pilots

Wednesday, September 29th, 2004

From Axe Man Runs Amok on Norway Plane, Injures Pilots:

A man attacked two pilots and a passenger with an axe on a domestic Norwegian flight on Wednesday, police said.

The pilots, who witnesses said were covered in blood, managed to land the 18-seat Kato Air flight with seven passengers on board on its way from Narvik to Bodoe in northern Norway.

The attacker, in his 30s, was immediately arrested at Bodoe airport

Then, five paragraphs later…

The attacker said he was Algerian, police said.

Minor detail.

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