Crew members held hostage on plane at Jamaican airport

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Five crew members taken hostage
169 passengers released
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A GUNMAN is holding five crew members hostage on a passenger jet in Montego Bay, Jamaica.

Authorities said all 169 passengers have been released.

A Montego Bay police officer said a shot had been fired after the gunman, whose motives were unknown, breached security about 10 pm local time on Sunday (1pm Monday AEST) to force his
way aboard the Halifax, Nova Scotia-bound CanJet charter flight at Sangster International Airport.

The officer, who asked not to be identified because he had not been authorised to discuss the hostage situation, said no one had been injured.

Most of the passengers released from the CanJet plane had been taken to Cornwall Regional Hospital in Montego Bay, some of them suffering from shock, he said.

He said the man holding the five crew members was armed with a handgun. The officer was unable to give any further details in a telephone interview from the Caribbean resort.

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