A commercial airliner has landed in Istanbul after a hijacking attempt, the AFP is reporting:
#BREAKING Airliner from Ukraine forced to land in Turkey after hijack attempt: media
- Agence France-Presse (@AFP) February 7, 2014
According to Today's Zaman, a Turkish news outlet, the plane landed at Istanbul's Sabiha Gökçen airport, and the pilot had told airport officials there had been a hijacking attempt.
The airport is now closed to air traffic.
We'll update this post as we know more...