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'Hijacked' Egypt plane lands in Cyprus EgyptAir hijack: Jet lands at Larnaca airport
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Egyptair airliner is hijacked after leaving Alexandria and lands at Larnaca airport in Cyprus, reports say A hijacked EgyptAir airliner has landed at Larnaca airport in Cyprus.
This breaking news story is being updated and more details will be published shortly. Please refresh the page for the fullest version. Airline and Egyptian government sources are quoted as saying that the domestic flight travelling from Alexandria to Cairo was taken over by at least one armed hijacker.
If you want to receive Breaking News alerts via email, or on a smartphone or tablet via the BBC News App then details on how to do so are available on this help page. You can also follow @BBCBreaking on Twitter to get the latest alerts. They asked for the flight to land in Cyprus, an EgyptAir spokeswoman is quoted as saying.
The Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation reports that 55 people are on board.
There were earlier reports of more than 80 people on board.