The passenger of a Nicosia-Ankara flight threatened to blow up the airplane.

The 55-year-old passenger locked himself inside the plane’s toilet and threatened to blow up the aircraft if it does not alter its course and does not land at the Istanbul airport.   

He noted that he wanted to participate in Thursday’s May Day demonstration in Istanbul, Gazeta.ru reported citing Hürriyet Daily News.

The plane, however, safely landed at the Ankara airport, and the said passenger was arrested.