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

The aircraft made an emergency landing Motion at Djibouti–Ambouli International Airport , where the flight crew , Led by flight captain Amer Anis , then overpowered Hold the hijacker in what US State Department Richard Boucher described the act as `` really terrific action '' .

The hijacker was an unemployed Iraqi who wanted to look elsewhere for employment opportunities .

The hijacker was Stein Arvid Huseby , who was drunk Ingestion during most of the incident .

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 .

Captain Dennis Lawrence , an employee of TAA who was travelling Traveling as a passenger , assisted Assistance Bennett to subdue and disarm the hijacker .

By the end of the incident , one hijacker had been killed Killing and one injury Bodily_harm reported Reporting .

On the same day , the hijacking Kidnapping of El Al Flight 219 from Amsterdam ( another 707 ) was foiled : hijacker Patrick Argüello was shot Use_firearm and killed Killing , and his partner Leila Khaled was subdued Conquering and handed over Giving to British authorities in London .

Approximately thirty minutes into the flight , the hijackers forcibly breached Attack the cockpit and overpowered the pilot and first officer , allowing Preventing_or_letting lead hijacker and trained pilot Marwan al-Shehhi to take over Change_of_leadership the controls Control .

A third hijacker , Luis Armando Peña Soltren , lived as a fugitive in Cuba .

The hijacker 's main demand Request was to speak Telling with President Felipe Calderón .