Excerpt Courtesy of BBC News
A gunman who hijacked a passenger plane in Montego Bay, Jamaica, has surrendered after police and soldiers boarded the jet, say officials.
Six crew members held hostage by the man were released unharmed.
More than 150 passengers were on board when the man forced his way onto the Canada-bound plane demanding passage to Cuba, but were released within hours.
The hijacker, believed to be a 20-year-old local man, was described by the authorities as "troubled".
Jamaican Information Minister Daryl Vaz told the BBC the incident had ended "without any injuries or harm".
He said the authorities had been "getting nowhere with the negotiations" with the hijacker.
"Police and military went on the plane and captured him," he said.
Jamaican Prime Minister Bruce Golding flew in to Montego Bay and offered support to the passengers.
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, currently in Jamaica on a one-day visit following the recent Summit of the Americas in Trinidad, telephoned Mr Golding to congratulate him "for the successful resolution", his spokesman said.
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