A Sudanese plane carrying 103 passengers was hijacked Wednesday and forced to land in the Chadian capital of N'Djamena, where the hijacker surrendered.
Thirty minutes into the flight, the hijacker walked into the plane's cockpit with a gun and demanded that the pilot fly to Chad, confirmed Air West managing director Saif Omer.
Nobody was hurt in the incident and the hijacker made no threats against any of the passengers, most of whom were Sudanese.
"The passengers were unaware that the plane had been hijacked," said Omer.
Omer said the man was from Darfur and in his mid-30s.
The flight was supposed to go from Khartoum to the western city of El-Fasher.
Omer said the suspect walked off the plane once it landed in Chad and requested that he be granted asylum in Britain.
Khartoum-based Air West is one of 95 airlines banned from flying into European airports because of inadequate safety records.
With files from The Associated Press
