BREAKING: Egypt Air plane flying from Alexandria to Cairo hijacked, flown to Cyprus and Landed in Laranca.
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Israeli air-force jets were scrambled after the hijack to make sure there's no violation of the Israeli airspace
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PHOTO allegedly showing the Egypt Air plane on the tarmac of the airportpic.twitter.com/ASmmKXcvdE
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BREAKING UPDATE: Hijackers allowing women and Children to leave aircraft -
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UPDATE: Hijacker is reportedly a Libyan citizen, and security officials in Egypt say they don't believe he is carrying any explosives.
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UPDATE: The hijacker is requesting political asylum, and not believed to be terror related.
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UPDATE: At least 20 passengers have been set free and have now left the aircraft,they are being taken by bus to a secure zone in the airport
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UPDATE: According to Egyptian media there are 10 US citizens, and 8 British citizens on the hijacked plane.
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UPDATE: All passengers have been released except cabin crew and five foreign citizens
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UPDATE: Egypt Air says after negotiations the hijacker released all the passengers, except the crew and four foreigners.
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