EgyptAir plane hijacked flying from Alexandria to Cairo

AN EgyptAir domestic flight carrying 81 people has landed in Cyprus after being hijacked.

EgyptAir has confirmed the flight has been “officially hijacked” by a passenger wearing an “explosive belt”.


Negotiations with the hijacker have resulted in the release of all the passengers except cabin crew and five foreigners on the tarmac at Larnaca Airport.

Details were sketchy and the motives and identities of the hijacker or hjackers were also not known.
“The Airbus A-320 carrying 81 passengers and flying between Alexandria and Cairo was hijacked. The pilot said that a passenger told him he had an explosives vest and forced the plane to land in Larnaca,” an Egyptian aviation ministry statement said.


EgyptAir MS181 — travelling from Alexandria to Cairo when it was hijacked, Cypriot state media reports.
The hijackers demanded that the Airbus 320 flight land at Larnaca, said a spokeswoman for EgyptAir, who asked not to be identified in line with company policy.