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| EgyptAir hijack: Most passengers freed at Larnaca airport | EgyptAir hijack: Most passengers freed at Larnaca airport |
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| Most of the passengers on board a hijacked Egyptian airliner that was forced to divert to Cyprus have been freed, the airline says. | Most of the passengers on board a hijacked Egyptian airliner that was forced to divert to Cyprus have been freed, the airline says. |
| EgyptAir Flight MS181 was taken over after a passenger said he was wearing an explosives belt. | |
| EgyptAir said negotiations at Larnaca airport had resulted in the release of all those on board, apart from the crew and four foreign passengers. | |
| Video showed people leaving the jet and boarding a bus. | |
| Latest reports from Cypriot media suggest there is just one hijacker who was motivated by "personal reasons" - his ex-wife is said to live in Cyprus - and may be seeking asylum, although this has not been confirmed. | |
| Live updates | Live updates |
| EgyptAir said the Airbus A320 was carrying 81 passengers from Alexandria to Cairo. | |
| A senior Alexandria airport official said those on board the flight when it took off included eight Americans, four Britons, four Dutch, two Belgians, one Italian and 30 Egyptians. | |
| "The pilot said that a passenger told him he had an explosives vest and forced the plane to land in Larnaca," the Egyptian civil aviation ministry said in a statement. | "The pilot said that a passenger told him he had an explosives vest and forced the plane to land in Larnaca," the Egyptian civil aviation ministry said in a statement. |
| Larnaca airport, on the south coast of Cyprus, has been closed and scheduled flights diverted elsewhere. | |
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