Egypt Air hijacker threatened to detonate explosive vest: civil aviation

AFP

29/03/2016

07:18 MYT

Egypt Air hijacker threatened to detonate explosive vest: civil aviation

The Airbus A-320 carrying 81 passengers and flying between Alexandria and Cairo was hijacked.

A hijacker who diverted an Egypt Air plane to Cyprus on Tuesday threatened to detonate an explosive vest which he said he had on board, the Egyptian civil aviation ministry said.

"The Airbus A-320 carrying 81 passengers and flying between Alexandria and Cairo was hijacked. The pilot said that a passenger told him he had an explosives vest and forced the plane to land in Larnaca," a ministry statement said.