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Passenger attacks pilots with axe
A plane at Bodoe airport, Norway, after an attack on board
The man was arrested on landing
A man has been arrested after attacking two pilots and a passenger with an axe on an internal flight in Norway.

The pilots managed to bring the plane in to land safely, and were then taken to hospital with the injured passenger.

A police spokesman told the BBC the assailant, described as of north African origin, used an emergency axe kept on board.

The plane was on a 20-minute flight between the northern towns of Narvik and Bodoe when the attack took place.

The plane was a 20-seater Dornier 228 operated by the small regional airline Kato Air, with seven passengers on board.

About to land

The plane is said to have no barrier dividing pilots and passengers.

The man attacked just before 1100 (0900 GMT) "as the plane was about to land at Bodoe - it had begun landing procedures", Bjarte Walla, a police prosecutor based at Bodoe, told BBC News Online.

He said the pilots were both hurt, though their injuries are not thought to be life-threatening.

"We don't really know anything about a motive," he said. "It is too early to speculate."

He said the incident was dealt with quickly and there was no impact on other flights in and out of Bodoe airport.

whats an axe doin in reach of a passenger?

But wern't such things banned asfter 9/11. Talk about providing weapons for the terrorists! Why bother trying to get them thru the aiport security when they are provided free of charge on a plane!!!!

Ben