At Bardufoss, 122 people boarded the aircraft, including a large group of soldiers who were on leave of absence and on their way home to Southern Norway.

[1] During the first leg of the flight, at about 15:00, Keč, wearing a winter coat, got up from his seat and walked to the front of the aircraft.

After landing, by order of the hijacker, the passengers were informed that all women, children under 18 and people over 60 were to leave the aircraft.

[2] The aircraft departed Bodø at about 16:00 and headed for Oslo Airport, Gardermoen, which was closed for all other traffic.

His immediate demands were that official representatives were to tell the world what needed to be done to solve the conflict in Bosnia.

[5] Eventually Morten requested that a helicopter with medical supplies be moved next to the aircraft, for which Keč granted permission.

He demanded that he talk to someone from the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and said he wanted media coverage of the incident.

"I only need to arrange a press conference for the whole world community and the media, and that someone from the Norwegian government promises me and the world community that they will ensure that the United Nations (UN) in New York attempts to open all corridors in Bosnia to feed people in Bosnia so they can survive the winter."

Keč responded that he did not need the chief of police, but someone from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, such as Prime Minister Gro Harlem Brundtland, Minister of Foreign Affairs Bjørn Tore Godal or the Norwegian Ambassador to the United Nations.

After a positive response from Morten, Keč stated that he needed to make Bosnia's situation known in the media.

After the incident, the police refused to say if they would have stormed the aircraft if Keč followed through his threats to depart to another airport.

During the last stages of the incident, another aircraft was parked beside the MD-82, which the police confirmed played a role towards the end of the hijacking.

Born in Sarajevo, then in Yugoslavia and now in Bosnia and Herzegovina, he was a student and journalist while living in his home country.

A municipal immigrant consultant stated that he was "a person with initiative" who sought to get to know Norwegians and find work.

[8] Keč was charged with three criminal offenses: the hijacking itself, and fraud and forgery related to attempting to take out 50,000 Norwegian krone from a friend's bank account.