<p>Turkey scrambled a jet fighter today to force down an airliner from Ukraine after a would-be hijacker on board brandishing a detonator ordered it to Sochi where the Winter Olympic opening ceremony was underway, Turkish officials said.<br /><br /></p>.<p>A Turkish F-16 made the plane, from Turkey's Pegasus airline and carrying 110 people, land in Istanbul.<br /><br />The hijacker was believed to be a Ukrainian man, according to Turkish media. Outlets reported that he was overpowered and security forces were on the plane.<br /><br />Habib Soluk, deputy Turkish transport ministry, said that the man was holding a detonator as he tried to get to the cockpit and claimed there was a bomb on board.<br /><br />"We are sure that he didn't enter the cockpit. We know that the aircraft was hijacked before it entered Turkish airspace," Soluk said.<br /><br />The Pegasus pilot managed to sound the alert and the Turkish F-16 military jet was scrambled.</p>
<p>Turkey scrambled a jet fighter today to force down an airliner from Ukraine after a would-be hijacker on board brandishing a detonator ordered it to Sochi where the Winter Olympic opening ceremony was underway, Turkish officials said.<br /><br /></p>.<p>A Turkish F-16 made the plane, from Turkey's Pegasus airline and carrying 110 people, land in Istanbul.<br /><br />The hijacker was believed to be a Ukrainian man, according to Turkish media. Outlets reported that he was overpowered and security forces were on the plane.<br /><br />Habib Soluk, deputy Turkish transport ministry, said that the man was holding a detonator as he tried to get to the cockpit and claimed there was a bomb on board.<br /><br />"We are sure that he didn't enter the cockpit. We know that the aircraft was hijacked before it entered Turkish airspace," Soluk said.<br /><br />The Pegasus pilot managed to sound the alert and the Turkish F-16 military jet was scrambled.</p>