Mexico City, Sep 10 (DPA) Police stormed a hijacked plane Wednesday in Mexico minutes after the hijackers released all passengers and the crew from the aircraft.

Several people were arrested, according to media reports.

Earlier, authorities had said that three unidentified attackers had hijacked the plane. The three men threatened to detonate a bomb and demanded to talk with Mexican President Felipe Calderon, Mexican media reported.

The plane, a Boeing 737 operated by the airline Aeromexico, was hijacked after taking off from the famous resort city of Cancun, in southeastern Mexico. It then landed at Mexico City airport, where it remained isolated on a runway.

Eduardo Rivadeneyra, spokesman for the firm that operates Cancun airport, said the plane had come in from Bolivia and left Cancun with 76 people on board. Other sources said it was carrying 104 passengers.

Passengers only knew of the hijacking after the plane landed, and they reportedly saw only one hijacker.