CEEFAX 1 147 Wed 29 Dec 13:08/39 ********************** * ****** ***** ******* ********************** From World Today, BBC World Service
Italian daily La Repubblica evokes the atmosphere inside and outside the hijacked plane.
"Tension in the small airport is mounting, amid mutual accusations, ultimatums and blackmail, even at the diplomatic level," the paper reports.
The Afghan authorities are impatient, it adds.
The military have surrounded the plane and have announced they are ready to intervene, it says. 2/4 WORLD TODAY: Monday-Friday only World service: MW 648, SW 6.195