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EgyptAir hijack takes a 'love' twist, 'unstable' suspect wanted to meet ex wife

Identified as Ibrahim Samaha, the man has released most passengers but is still holding cabin crew and 4 'foreigners'.

By :  sadhguru jaggi vasudev
Update: 2016-03-29 09:42 GMT
A hijacker, identified as Ibrahim Samaha, seized an Egyptian airliner and diverted it to Cyprus, triggering a hostage crisis at Larnaca airport on the south coast.
The plane was parked on the tarmac away from the new terminal building but just 200 metres (yards) from a beach where dozens of foreign tourists were out.
The Larnaca airport has been closed after the hijack. Flights to Larnaca in the south were diverted to the Paphos airport in the west.
Egyptian civil aviation said the hijacker had threatened to detonate an explosives belt which he claimed he had on board the Egypt Air plane.
The hijacked EgyptAir plane carried 21 foreigners including 8 Americans, according to the aviation ministry.
The hijacker demanded that asylum be granted to him in Cyprus and also that he be allowed to see his estranged Cypriot wife.
Anastasiades said the Cyprus government had done everything it could to ensure the safe release of the passengers, most of whom were reported to have been set free.
The hijacking of an EgyptAir plane to Cyprus is not related to terrorism, the island's President Nicos Anastasiades said.
Negotiations with hijacker resulted in the release of all the passengers except four cabin crew and three 'foreigners', according to the latest press release by EgyptAir.
A crisis team was deployed to the airport, the main entry point for tourists to the Mediterranean resort island.
Identified as Ibrahim Samaha, the man has released most passengers but is still holding cabin crew and 4 'foreigners'.

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