JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - A man, believed to be armed, tried to hijack a South African Airways (SAA) domestic flight on Saturday but was subdued before he could enter the cockpit, the airline said.
"It appears a passenger threatened a crew member with some sort of weapon demanding access to the cockpit," SAA spokeswoman Jacqui O'Sullivan said in a statement.
The incident occurred on a flight from Cape Town to Johannesburg. The plane turned back to Cape Town where a 21-year-old man was detained, police spokeswoman Bernadine Steyn told reporters.
A passenger on the plane told Reuters the man was believed to be a foreign national but the motive for his actions was unclear.
SAA and police gave no further details.
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