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EgyptAir flight 181 from Alexandria to Cairo has been hijacked

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We are following reports that EgyptAir flight 181 has been hijacked. The flight, normally operating from Alexandria to Cairo, has landed in Larnaca, Cyprus.
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quixoticguide wrote:We are following reports that EgyptAir flight 181 has been hijacked. The flight, normally operating from Alexandria to Cairo, has landed in Larnaca, Cyprus.
http://avherald.com/h?article=4961976f&opt=0

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The hijacker has released most passengers. Only five of them (three Britons, one Italian and one Irish) are still held on board, together with the crew.

His claims are still unknown.
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Negotiations with the hijacker of EgyptAir Flight 181 have resulted in the release of all passengers, except for the crew and five foreigners, the airline tweeted on its official account.
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The hijacker is an Egyptian national. He acted for personal reasons, related to his ex-wife who is a Cypriot.
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What ?!

So those armoured flight deck doors that cost the industry a fortune to install, and took the live of hundreds of passengers and crews, did not prevent a hijack?
Tsss...

A guy shows his belt to the CC and says : "Would you please tell the pilots we are now going to Istanbul."
Too bad nobody ever considered this case. A truly unfair play of the game.
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I wouldn't dare joking about this should it have been more serious but it does show the limitations of an instant fix of a problem.

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Development now live on CNN as Breaking News, with now live coverage press conference Egyptian government and live image of the A320 at Larnaca (if it's live of course)

still 7 people onboard: 3 crew, 3 passengers, 1 security member (amazing Egypt confirms his presence onboard)

goverment confirms the ex-wife story, government doubts he indeed has a bomb belt

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CNN reports that the hijacker has been arrested.

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Egypt's Minister of Civil Aviation Sherif Fathi, accompanied by Cpt. Ahmed Adel, Vice Chairman of EGYPTAIR Holding Co., departed Cairo Int'l Airport on board EGYPTAIR flight MS741 heading to Larnaca Airport to follow up the safe arrival of the passengers and cabin crew of the hijacked aircraft back to Cairo International Airport.
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Egypt's Minister of Civil Aviation with a civil aviation delegation have boarded EGYPTAIR flight MS 742 which departed from Larnaca Int'l Airport with passengers of the hijacked flight back to Cairo Int'l Airport.

The flight arrived at 21:15 (CLT) at the Seasonal Flight Hall.

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The hijacked plane SU-GCB is also returning to Cairo.
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It seems that there wasn't much stress during the hijacking.

A passenger took a selfie, whilst another passenger filmed the making of:

1,5 minutes:


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Update 19/08/2018:
Cyprus has handed over the hijacker to the Egyptian authorities:
https://cyprus-mail.com/2018/08/19/cypr ... statement/

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Passenger wrote: 19 Aug 2018, 18:17 Update 19/08/2018:
Cyprus has handed over the hijacker to the Egyptian authorities:
https://cyprus-mail.com/2018/08/19/cypr ... statement/
So, it took them two years to fill in the administrative papers? :o
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Might well take longer in BE :(

@Passenger: thanks for follow-up!

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sn26567 wrote: 19 Aug 2018, 19:05
Passenger wrote: 19 Aug 2018, 18:17 Update 19/08/2018:
Cyprus has handed over the hijacker to the Egyptian authorities:
https://cyprus-mail.com/2018/08/19/cypr ... statement/
So, it took them two years to fill in the administrative papers? :o
No, it wasn't delayed by paperwork, but by legal action. From that news source:

The Egyptian fought the extradition requests in the Cyprus courts arguing he would not receive a fair trial in Egypt.

“Having exhausted all legal remedies that could be used in court proceedings in Cyprus, Mustafa had appealed to the European Court of Human Rights through his lawyer three times, referring to the unsatisfactory conditions of his detention, which were rejected, as well as to the risk he would have been in if he was extradited to his own country,” the ministry said.

Mustafa subsequently had a change of mind. He expressed the wish to be tried in his own country, the ministry said, and as a result, his application to the ECHR was withdrawn and the extradition procedure was put in motion. The Republic of Cyprus and Egypt have a bilateral agreement for the extradition of suspects for criminal offenses.

The justice ministry said that “the Egyptian authorities have assured that Mustafa will face legal procedures that comply with international standards.”

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