BOGOTA, Sept. 18 (Xinhuanet) -- The US justice prepares to request from Colombia the extradition of the hijackers of an airliner last week, on which traveled a US citizen, said local media Sunday.

    Wheelchair-bound Porfirio Ramirez Aldana, 42, and his son Lissin Ramirez Reinoso, 17, forced the crew of the airliner to change direction towards the military airport of Catam in Bogota.

    According to the Colombian law, the United States can seek the extradition of Ramirez Aldana, but not his son.

    Judicial sources in Bogota revealed that the hijackers could be sentenced to over 40 years in in jail in Colombia.

    On Sept. 12, Ramirez Aldana, who carried several grenades, hijacked the plane from the southern city of Florencia to southwest Neiva.

    Ramirez said he hijacked the plane because he was angry for not receiving state compensation for his injury. Enditem