AN OLYMPIC AIRWAYS JETLINER KEPT SINGAPORE IN SUSPENSE FOR FIVE HOURS AFTER IT WAS REPORTED HIJACKED ON ITS WAY HERE FROM SYDNEY. BUT HALF-AN-HOUR AFTER IT LANDED AT PAYA LEBAR AIRPORT, POLICE, CIVIL AVIATION OFFICIALS AND JOINING PASSENGERS HEAVED A SIGH OF RELIEF WHEN THEY LEARNT THAT IT WAS A FALSE ALARM. THE PERMANENT SECRETARY TO MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS TAY SEOW HUAH WATCHED FROM THE CONTROL TOWER. WITH HIM WERE MR KORDATOS AND TOP GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, DEPUTY SUPERINTENDANT FRANCIS CHAN AND DIRECTOR OF INTELLIGENCE S R NATHAN
27/09/1972
PCD0443 - 0107
SPH2004,003844-003872/5
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