An Egyptian passenger plane has landed in Cyprus after reportedly being hijacked on its journey to Cairo. EgyptAir Flight 181 was was on a scheduled journey from Alexandria when it veered off course on Tuesday morning. Androulla Vassiliou, the Cypriot former European Commissioner for Education, wrote on Twitter that the plane landed shortly before 7am.
“Hijacked aircraft of Egypt Air with 81 passengers landed at Larnaca airport,” she wrote. “We are anxious to learn more.”
Satellite data recorded by the Flight Aware website showed the Airbus A320 took off from Borg El Arab Airport as scheduled but lists its status as “result unknown”.
The situation at the Larnaca airport was unclear but Ms Vassilou said hijackers claimed to be prepared to release some passengers.
Larnaca airport has been closed and scheduled flights diverted elsewhere as negotiations with police are ongoing.
not again!
ReplyDeleteHow did he pass through security?
ReplyDeletemaybe there'll be a full body scanning system installed at the point of entry of airports soon
ReplyDeleteThis deserves a follow-up... there was nothing to detect. Old man fooled the whole world.
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