The plane was traveling from Corozal to San Pedro and Belize authorities declared a full emergency after the hijacking.

Chester Williams, Belize police commissioner, identified the hijacker as Akinyela Taylor and said he was a U.S. military veteran.

MEXICO CITY — A person who hijacked a small passenger plane in Belize has died and the plane has landed safely, officials in the Latin American country said Thursday.

The plane was traveling from Corozal to San Pedro and Belize authorities declared a full emergency after the hijacking.

A passenger on a small plane from Belize on Thursday shot dead an American armed with a knife who was attempting a hijacking, ...

DALLAS — A Tropic Air (9N) Cessna 208 Grand Caravan EX aircraft, registered as V3-HIG, was hijacked by a knife-wielding man in Belize on Thursday. Details about the motive and further circumstances ...

A passenger fatally shot the hijacker with a licensed firearm, allowing the small plane to land safely outside Belize City.

MEXICO CITY (AP) — A U.S. man hijacked a small plane in Belize on Thursday, stabbing two passengers and a pilot, before one of the passengers fatally shot him, officials in Belize and the United ...

A passenger on a small plane from Belize on Thursday shot dead an American armed with a knife who was attempting a hijacking, police in the Caribbean nation said. The would-be hijacker threatened the ...