WOLF BLITZER, CNN ANCHOR: We begin in Iraq. Few planes land there these days, especially from Saudi Arabia owing to the U.N. sanctions. But Baghdad became an unexpected way station Saturday when four hijackers commandeered a Saudi jumbo jet on its flight from Jeddah to London. CNN's Jane Arraf has been closely following developments. She joins us now with might be described as a successful conclusion. Can it be described that way, Jane?</s>JANE ARRAF, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, this drama appears to be still unfolding, but the tense situation obviously diffused with the surrender of the hijackers. Just a few seconds ago, we saw buses leave the airport. They appeared to be full of passengers. Security sources say the passengers were taken from a waiting room in the airport and put onto the buses. We don't know yet where they will be taken or when they will be allowed to get back on the plane to leave. But Iraq has gone to great pains to assure the families of the passengers, many of them Britons, that their safety and their comfort as well is in the Iraqi government's hands, and it will do everything it can to insure that they are safe and comfortable. As for the hijackers, the Iraqi government says that it was a group of four Saudis. Relation between Saudi Arabia and Iraq have been tense ever since the Gulf War. And according to Iraqi officials, these Saudis are protesting against what they call repression in Saudi Arabia and the silence of international human rights groups against human rights violations. The hijacking is over. The hijackers are in custody. And the passengers, all of them and the crew, seem to have been taken off the buses and are being led out of the airport into the city.</s>BLITZER: Jane Arraf, reporting from Baghdad. Thank you so much.
Hijackers of Saudi Plane Surrender to Iraqi Authorities