The hijacker , Russian Alex Hildebrandt , had a fully loaded sawn-off .22 calibre rifle and had suspended Process_end over a torch battery a bare wire attached Connect to a detonator adjoining two sticks Motion of gelignite .

After demanding Request that the plane be redirected to Singapore , Hildebrandt fired Use_firearm a shot , which went through the aircraft ceiling , narrowly missing Bennett who punched Bodily_harm Hildebrandt and pulled Motion the wires from his hand and disabled Destroying the bomb .

After demanding Request that the plane be redirected to Singapore , Hildebrandt fired Use_firearm a shot , which went through the aircraft ceiling , narrowly missing Bennett who punched Bodily_harm Hildebrandt and pulled Motion the wires from his hand and disabled Destroying the bomb .

Hildebrandt , who was born in the Soviet Union in 1938 , faced Confronting_problem serious charges of attempted murder , having an explosive detonating Attack device with the intention of destroying Destroying the aircraft and having explosives capable of causing Causation injuries to persons on board .

Hildebrandt was sentenced Legal_rulings to three years in jail for attempted murder , ten years for attempting to destroy Destroying the aircraft and two years for the explosives charge .