Cathay Pacific Hijacked on 25th may 2005

Cathay Pacific staff members have employed terrorists to hijack their own airplane on 25th May 2005 from Colombo airport. At the same time the plane to go out of control in mid air, without the knowledge of the hijackers, victimizing more than 100 innocent passenger lives. When passengers could intelligently overcome this dilemma, and brought the airplane to Singapore airport Cathay pacific staff handled the passengers again and the starving passengers were drugged (such as rape drug) to forget their memory for five years. This declaration is form a passenger who was on board in this airplane.

Colombo_airport.jpg (20824 bytes)I am a Sri Lankan, worked in State of Qatar during the year 2005. I came to Sri Lanka on a vacation in May 2005, and went on holiday to Singapore on 25th May 2005, by Cathay Pacific Airways.
When I purchased the ticket from the ticketing agent he warned me that they got to know from confidential means that travelling on this day will be risky.

cathayPacific300.jpg (8640 bytes) I traveled myself alone. I remember at this time Colombo Airport was under renovation. I saw at airport each cabin crew was allowed to enter in as teams. There was a conflict between two teams of flight attendants which team has to gofirst, when they had to get in to their flights at the terminal. I met a Sri Lankan passenger before the fight and he told me that he going to Singapore to participate on an Aquarium Exhibition and a conference.

 

Before we were entering in to the airplane I saw a lady, supposed to be the cabin crew supervisor was blaming her other members and saw she had threatened and locked them inside the airport terminal. After that I saw flight attendants who were locked in, were waving in gesture to us. Some of us wave them and laughs why they are waving us without coming to fly with us.Cathay pacific aircraft took off around 09.30 PM.

Now flight took off and the flight supervisor lady was busy. She came back after visiting the rear end and said other flight attendants are inside their sleeping berth and refused to come to serve and she said she will handle all the work. I saw she was wearing a pistol on her belt at waist and I asked what this is for. She said this is for hijack. I said that is a good idea you were supplied with pistols for preventing hijack. When the airplane was on sky there was the time for meals. This flight attendant cannot handle all this work. Then there were some volunteers. They said don't worry and they helped her. It seems those volunteers were skilled in this work and having some experience on doing it.
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After some time I saw the flight attendant and another man staying front of us having some struggle and he captured her pistol. Then he was in command and revealed that this is a hijack. Passengers were in confused and disturbed. I had the Cathy pacific flight magazine in front of me. My mobile was working I phoned the office address and I could contact them. I said we were hijacked. They admitted that it was true. The voice asked me how many of them. I said there is one man with a pistol. I briefed the situation, and there are some volunteers also. The Cathy pacific voice said it is not one it is more than one.
I told I can control the situation, saying that I am having my Cam Coder and I know one Muslim prayer that has to recite before the beginning of the journey. And I told them to send a massage before they announce the plane was hijacked, saying that ground operations could capture a member terrorist at Colombo air port and he revealed a dangerous terrorist was boarded to Cathay Pacific carrying a bomb pretended to be a Cam Coder.JVC_Cam_Coder.jpg (13764 bytes) He is known as "What". Qatar government is willing to forgive him and let him return to Qatar, and he will be rewarded some big sum if he return his bomb to government. (I myself knew as "What"). And announce the flight staff to obey his command and land safely. Cathay pacific finally gave me a clue that the airplane is having auto pilot system and in a difficult situation it could be used. I kept in mind this tip also. I said I will sleep now and wake up in half an hour, stopping my communication with the telephone line. Now there are few passengers in my side, I told them I will fight with terrorists. So that there can be a shooting take place. So for their safety leave this area and go to other seating area everybody at different location and tell others that there is another terrorist. They came from their locations because they were afraid of him and wanted to find safer place. This way I could establish an opinion among other passengers now there is another terrorist different from this gang.
After some time I wake up, asking some water. When I demanded it several times the so called flight attendant come to me with a water in a cup and asked me to be calm that we are high jacked. My intention was to talk with her. I asked her whether she can communicate with pilots. She said yes and I let her to move to her place. Then I shouted "You are doing it in wrong time. I was sent to do it right. I know when it has to do." After some time I stand up from my seat. I changed my small battery of the cam coder with a large size Battery looks like a bomb for everybody to see. And then I started my prayer.
"Bismillahi rahmaini rahim, Subhanalla-thee sakh-khara-lana haatha wa-ma kun-na lahoo muqrineena wa inna ila Rabbina la-mun-qali-boon."
They found I am more powerful than them. They wanted me to be their companion. I said if our demand not met by the authorities we are sending the flight in to a volcano. The hijackers are now supporting me. The flight attendant can communicate with the pilots. I ordered to fly the plane around the volcano.volcanic_eruption.jpg (24860 bytes) I announced later our demands were not met by authorities.The pilots now announced that the airplane cannot control. It is running in to volcano crater. The Airplane seems to be lost control , and everybody was certain that the airplane lost control.I told the man who was previously in control to shoot himself before we drive in to the volcano. When he shoots himself the flight attendant took the pistol from him and shoot another man, saying this is the other.
Now, I could remember the tip given me by Cathay pacific Office. I told them to turn to autopilot. They asked how? I said push the big button or put the lever down or do both. Then, sometime later the air plane movements came to normal.
Thereafter, I told everybody to relax now. I thought the matter is over. Now some passengers shouted to the flight attendant with the pistol to shoot at me also. I heard some body saying "I am telling you, shoot at him". Then it seems the flight attendant surrendered. She told me that she will shoot me. I told her "It is not possible. I am wearing an Iron chest. But there's a way you can do that. You should shoot at me at one exact location several bullets. Then there can be a possibility of penetrating through it. Any way I can see your target is not accurate, It should be bit towards your right hand side". I corrected her aim. " Now shoot all the bullets." and she did that and said all finished. I told her to get any more bullets if available. " She asked from the passengers side for any more if available. They said all were given to her. I think she has not aimed me, but shot in a scatted way. because in the beginning of the journey I could make a friendship with her.

After the shooting was over, some passengers asked me where I am getting down. I said in Singapore. Some of them said they are going further than that. I have done nothing. When the flight is brought to their destination they will be rewarded. ( May be it is Bali) And said the fight will not bring down to Singapore. There was a lady passenger sitting other side behind my seat, and we discussed this is not only two. There are some more hijackers. The so called volunteers could be the others. I told her to support me in my future addressing.
Now this was the most difficult part. Because I already revealed that my camcorder was a fake bomb. Now I said "The first part of operation is over, this is the second part of my operation. I pretended you this is fake bomb, but this is real Bomb." I believe the few passengers I evacuated from my seating area also done a tremendous work to make others believe I am another terrorist. I told we all will be provided facilities to run away when the flight landed in Singapore. The pilots are now listening only to my words and not their orders. The pilots also seem to be their gang.
The pilots announce some time later that we have reached Singapore. My mobile is having the Cathay pacific number stored now. Pretending I am contacting my group I called Cathay Pacific office that we are reaching Singapore Airport in 30 minutes, and I met another group of friend who supported me. And I told them to make arrangements to take away our friends safely.


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They are happy now, and they revealed me that there is a large quantity of explosives they brought to blow out the air plane. They said those are right behind the wall to my seating row. They said they will not leave me until my mission is complete. They said they will set time to explode the explosives. (In the mean time a person { he can be the one I met who said he is attending the aquatic exhibition } asked me in sinhalese language are you the one called "what"? I said yes. He said " you cannot be what. You cannot do such marvels. We all will go and say airport officers "what" is having brown hair. You go to hell." But this part could not understand by terrorists. I told the lady who support in my addressing "You tell airport what exactly happened." Also this guy blamed this lady using dirty words. When terrorists revealed that they brought explosives this part was overpowered. I think this guy might have being hired and previously planed by terrorists to control Sri lankans who will get boarded)

I said I also having the same plan, if my negotiations with Singapore Airport authorities fails. I told them not to set the timing to explosives. My bomb is capable of emitting gamma rays that will penetrate even in to fuel tanks. So it will take effect on their explosives also. Then they asked me how I will come out. I said don't worry; I am wearing a second skin. When I remove this nobody can recognize me. But my problem now is when I remove my skin in front of passengers they will identify me. They said they have an arrangement for this. Now, this moment about 3-4 Cathay pacific flight attendants also available while our plane was landed at air port. They instructed the flight attendants to evacuate the passengers and them also to leave and they will monitor from outside what will happen. So it happened this way. After evacuating passengers and all through immergency exist, the jet engines again energized, closing immergency exists automaitically. Then it reached the terminal. I walked alone into to the airport. (I recently recovered my phone number for this contacts was 0974 5219485)
I was desperate for no one recognized my act, which took part without loss of passenger lives and your airplane from destruction.
This matter was the talk of the Singapore town on next two days. They were searching me, but I had to spent my vacation in a basement room of a hotel.
Airport Authorities may be aware of this incident completely. My unsolved doubt is why this has not come in to light of the public. I am requesting you to recognize my work. After rescuing more than 100 passengers boarded and their airliner, Cathay pacific could forget like nothing happened. Our servival struggle didn't involve any destruction top assengers or properties. We were passengers of good example, how we handled a situation intelegently when it turned horrible and dangerous.
(The only damage caused to Cathay Pacific airline was the 4-5 bullets penetrated in the seat front of me at chest level, for the reason supposed to be my Iron chest can penetrate only if I'm being shot all bullets at exact one location. However, I explained when some one had to shoot at me, the aim was wrong it should be bit turned from the present target point. Cathay pacific later claimed from me for the damage caused to their passenger seat. I thought it was a scam. For fun I replied asking how much.They replied "Nothing much, and it was not by me, but by someone else and damage had being repaired without much expense".)

The last statement of the hijackers (not mentioned here) reveals that this is a plot of Cathay pacific staff members to blow out their own airliner including innocent passenger lives. But my worry is I am not aware of what has happened to the passengers those who complained that they were hijacked . Are they still alive or in good mental health? I have to find it at least.

Hostages on board are having the right to fight against terrorism for their own safety, because in aviation history majority of aircraft hijack incidents ended with destruction and loss of valuable lives. Further, it is evident in recent incidents authorities have never agreed to meet the skyjackers' demands. Skyjackers are getting on board not due to passengers fault. Passengers pay for a comfortable & safe ride throughout the journey. Several governments have decided (Sept. 11) to shoot down hijacked aircrafts including passengers, also enacted in legislations.

People at Colombo airport were aware Cathay pacific was hijacked. But when the airplane landed at singapore without any destruction, it seemed like nothing happened, and this has become a Cathay pacific internal matter. People might have believed this  was a gossip.

Such a situation could take place when the previous regime of the airliner had to hand over the administration of the organization to new regime under Peoples Republic of China.

Yours truly,

Leelananda Jayasuriya
My present e-mail is leel6391@yahoo.com
Phone 094 112915390.