Flight 2809

A FATHER abducts his child, breaches the security barriers at one of Germany’s largest airports, and threatens to blow himself up. He wants to leave for Turkey with his child.

International air traffic is brought to a standstill for hours. A tense battle of nerves begins. Only after grueling negotiations does the abductor finally surrender. The person who persuades the desperate man to give up is the woman who has spent almost twelve hours talking to him:

THE TURKISH CLEANER AT THE POLICE STATION!