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| EgyptAir hijack: All passengers released except flight crew and four 'foreigners' | |
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| All hostages on the hijacked EgyptAir plane are to be released with the exception of the flight crew and four non-Egyptian passengers. | |
| Egyptian and Cypriot officials have said around 60 people have now been released | |
| This domestic flight was hijacked en route to Cairo from Alexandria and was landed at Lanarca airport in Cyprus after a request by the pilots. | |
| According to EgyptAir - Flight MS181 was carrying 56 passengers along with seven crew members and one EgyptAir security officer. | |
| Aviation sources told Reuters, eight British nationals and ten Americans were onboard but is unknown how many of them have been released | |
| Egyptian state media has named the hijacker as Ibrahim Samaha, stating he was sitting on seat 38K and is aged between 27 and 28 years old. | |
| EgyptAir have said that the hijacker in possession of a "suicide vest". | EgyptAir have said that the hijacker in possession of a "suicide vest". |
| While his motives are not yet known, some officials have said he has been seeking political asylum. | |
| A Cypriot spokesman has said authorities "doubt the hijacker has any real explosives". |