ANKARA — Turkish state media say anti-terrorism police are questioning a Ukrainian man who reportedly tried to hijack a Turkey-bound flight to Sochi, Russia, as the Winter Olympics were beginning. TRT television said Saturday that police were trying to determine whether the man, identified as Artem Hozlov, had links to any terror groups. Police officials could not immediately be reached for comment. Officials said the man claimed he had a bomb and tried to divert the Pegasus Airlines flight which originated in Kharkiv, Ukraine. The crew tricked him and landed in Istanbul instead where he was subdued by security officers who sneaked on board. Ukraine on Saturday launched a terror probe into the Ukrainian man's attempt to force the airliner flying to Turkey to land in Sochi where leaders were gathered for the opening of the Witner Olympic Games. “We have launched an investigation into an attempt to commit an act of terror and an attempt to hijack a plane,” Ukraine Security Service investigative department chief Maxim Lenko told reporters. – Agencies
