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A hijacker seized an Egyptian airliner on Tuesday and diverted it to Cyprus, before releasing all the passengers except four foreigners and the crew, officials and the airline said. IMAGES of two people leaving the plane / TO COMPLETE: VID869741_EN
A man who reportedly claimed to have an explosive belt hijacked an Egyptian plane on Tuesday morning and diverted it to Cyprus.
Most passengers have been freed after a man hijacked an Egyptian plane from Alexandria and forced it to land in Cyprus. Yiming Woo reports.
A man who said he was armed with a grenade hijacked a Libyan plane which has landed on the Mediterranean island of Malta with 118 people on board, according to Malta's prime minister and government sources. PHOTOS of plane on ground in Malta
Live TV footage shows four people leaving the hijacked EgyptAir plane that landed in Cyprus, included one man who escapes from the plane's cockpit window. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
At least four more people left a hijacked EgyptAir plane in Cyprus, one of them by climbing out of the cockpit window, an AFP correspondent reported. IMAGES
An EgyptAir Airbus 320 with 81 passengers on board has been hijacked Tuesday en route from Alexandria to Cairo, in Egypt. The hijacker is reportedly armed with an explosive belt.