The flight crew convinced Convincing the hijacker to first divert to Djibouti to refuel .

The French part of the offensive was intended to be strategically decisive by breaking Bodily_harm through the German defences on the Aisne front within with casualties expected to be around A preliminary attack was to be made by the French Third Army at St Quentin and the British First , Third and Fifth armies at Arras , to capture Conquering high ground and divert German reserves from the French fronts on the Aisne and in Champagne .

The feint attacks Attack failed to divert Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale German attention from Flanders , which included Cause_to_be_included the transfer Military_operation of ten divisions to the 4th Army , despite claims Statement by the 6th Army command that the British were preparing GetReady an offensive Attack towards Lens ; the operations Military_operation did succeed in diverting German attention from the French front further south .

The Farakka Long March Social_event occurred Presence in May 1976 , and was led by Maulana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani , demanding Request demolition Destroying of the Farakka Barrage constructed Building by India to divert flow of Ganges waters inside its territory , triggering Causation the drying up of river Padma and desertification of Bangladesh .

The spreading fire also burned Damaging through crucial electrical cables that disabled Destroying most of the instrumentation in the cockpit , forcing Causation the plane to divert Motion to Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport .

The German leader , Adolf Hitler , `` canceled Change_event_time a major offensive Attack at Kursk after only a week , in part to divert Motion forces to Italy '' , resulting in Causation a reduction Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale of German strength on the Eastern Front .

although forecasters had predicted rewa to make landfall Arriving near mackay , queensland , the cyclone Catastrophe began Process_start interacting with an upper-level trough on 18 january , causing it to divert Motion to the southeast and move Motion along the queensland coast .

William ’ s deposition of James was partly driven Motion by his need to control Control and mobilise English military and commercial power , while Louis provided Supply limited material support Supporting to the Jacobites : both sides were aware Know of the Irish war 's potential to divert military resources from the Continent .