EgyptAir hijacking drama ends peacefully, suspect arrested
The hijacking drama of Cairo-bound EgyptAir flight ended without bloodshed after the hijacker surrendered to authorities without a shot being fired.
Passengers and crew of the plane, which had been diverted to Cyprus, exited safely and without incidents.
“The hijacker has just been arrested,” Cyprus government spokesman Nikos Christodoulides said on Twitter and added that "All passengers and crew are safe."
Cyprus state television showed video feeds of the hijacker being led away by a number of policemen.
Earlier, video showed passengers exiting the plane, one even through the window.
The hijacker, understood to be Egyptian national Seif El Din Mustafa, allegedly hijacked the flight because of his ex-wife. The hijacking is understood to be unrelated to terrorism.
The hijacker’s motive is unclear.
The Airbus 320 was carrying at least 81 people, many of whom were released quite early on.
Thank goodness there are some realists on this site .. I also believe that JFK was not assassinated and is living in some small town in Iowa with Marilyn
9/11 was all well planned by bullshit zoniest and we all know that.
amshmc I am not a conspiracy theorist , but I firmly believe that 9/11 attacks are the biggest hoax in history after the alleged Moon landing and the Apollo trips in 1969 All staged up and the brainwashed world believed it .
How we men have suffered over the years ...
Helen of Troy and Paris
Cleopatra and Mark Anthony
Bella and Rizks
Cuban Shotputter and yours truly :0(
Lol maybe that's why they call the lump in our throats an ' Adam's apple'; it's stuck in our throats to this day... In any case, I've been warned :-)
It started much, much earlier when Eve seduced Adam with an apple. An apple, imagine!
It was the sheer love for a woman that British King-Emperor Edward VIII abdicated his throne in 1936. He remains the only British monarch to have voluntarily renounced the throne since the Anglo=Saxon period. That is the power of women!
Hahaha youngling lol... Bumpy bits yes sure; but its the doe eyes that leave me churning and yearning... Ahhh can't wait :-)
Mohdata: Oh youngling. Women can drive us men insane with their bumpy bits and doey eyes
Wow... Is there any upper limit to how much a wife can affect a husband? There was the UK border agency employee who put his wife on the terrorism no fly list, so she couldn't fly back to the UK and to him...i thought that was as far as it could go...
Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades said: "We are doing our utmost in order for everyone to be released and safe."
In response to a reporter's question about whether the hijacker was motivated by romance, he laughed and said: "Always there is a woman involved."
That's at least understandable. Women are dangerous!They can make a hi-jacker out of a good man. They're almost as dangerous as the so-called ISIS.
The story coming out is that he is not a terrorist but someone upset with his wife
How would you check or stop a person on board.. Anyone can shout and threat the Pilot ""i am wearing a suicide jacket- Just do what i am saying "" :D
He's probably a muslim brotherhood party sympathizer...or a hamas loyalist
But surely after the twin towers atrocity , the Egyptians would have tightened security
How do you know? are you one of them?
the hi-jackers got the same way in the plane as they were able to get in US when they exploded twin tower....
I AM affected by the stupidity of the Egyptian airport security! How could the 'hi-jackers' get through the controls? How could a 'bomb' be planted in the airplane?