BBC News | UK | Special report: Hijack at Stansted

An Afghan airliner, carrying more than 150 passengers, was hijacked during an internal flight on 6 February and flown to Stansted Airport, near London. After four days of tense negotiations, all the hostages were finally released. At least 60 claimed political asylum in the UK.

Hijack victims arrive in Afghanistan

Safety fears for hijack plane

Analysis: Afghan hijack aftermath

Hijackers and hostages

The troubled life of an asylum seeker
The case of the Stansted hostages, freed after a five-day ordeal at the hands of gunmen, has provoked a wave of outrage in some UK newspapers. BBC News Online looks at the obstacles facing an asylum seeker.

Asylum: What now for hijack passengers?

Stansted hostages to be sent home

Hotel luxury for hijack passengers

Piracy in the air

The terror of the hijack ordeal
Hostages on board the Afghan plane at Stansted airport are likely to have experienced a mixture of terror and exhaustion, a survivor of a previous hijack has told the BBC.

Stansted's hijack history

How to negotiate with hijackers

History of hijacking

Ariana: Flying in the face of adversity

Day by day coverage

Day One

Hijack plane may head for UK

Day Two

Hijack plane lands in London

Hijack leads to travel chaos

Eight hostages free after hijack

Spotlight falls on Afghan commander

Day Three

Hijackers 'have not contacted Taleban'

Ninth hostage leaves hijack jet

Stansted travel chaos eases

The view from Kabul

Day Four

Crew flee hijack plane

Pilots criticised for fleeing

Taleban arrests over hijack

Pilots shaken by hijack ordeal

Motive mystery over hijack

Day Five

Scores leave hijack jet

Hijack ordeal over

Afghan relief at hijack resolution

Asylum pleas 'will not be met'

Afghanistan seeks return of plane


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