I totally missed that part

You know how that hijacker from Mauritania was overcome by the passengers? Passengers thwart hijacking, end of story. Right?

Umm, well, no. It turns out the hijacker opened the cockpit door, walked in, pointed one revolver at the pilot and another revolver at the copilot and said, "Take me to Paris."

According to the papers, his request for asylum had been turned down several times and he wanted to get in this time.

According to the pilot, when asked why he wanted to go to Paris the hijacker replied, "Can’t you see all the bad things they are doing to Muslims?"

See, I totally missed that part of the story when I read about it on the major news media. It must have been my misunderstanding.

See "The most underplayed story in France so far this year"