Turkish Airlines plane returns to Istanbul after passenger suffers panic attack
ISTANBUL
A Turkish Airlines plane headed to Tanzania’s Kilimanjaro from Istanbul returned to Turkey after a passenger suffered from a panic attack on Dec. 25.
Anton Cestnik, a 54-year-old Slovenian citizen, attacked other passengers and broke a screen of the plane during the panic attack.
The pilot of the plane decided to return to Atatürk International Airport while above the Egyptian capital Cairo when members of the cabin crew were not able to take Cestnik under control.
Cestnik was detained after the plane landed.
Cestnik and his wife were deported to Germany’s Munich after they testified.
