Egypt Plane Hijack

A Cypriot court ruled on Friday that an Egyptian man accused of hijacking a plane and diverting it to Cyprus can be extradited to Cairo for his alleged crimes.

The man accused of hijacking an Egyptian plane and diverting it to Cyprus did not enter the cockpit during the six-hour long ordeal, the pilot of the aircraft said Sunday.

The motives behind the hijacking of an EgyptAir flight, which was diverted to Cyprus, remain somewhat unclear. The suspected hijacker, an Egyptian man identified as Seif Eldin Mustafa, has been arrested after a brief standoff.

Cypriot authorities have determined that the belt worn by an Egyptian man who hijacked an EgyptAir plane on Tuesday did not contain explosives, Egypt's Civil Aviation Ministry said in a statement.

An Egyptian commerical airliner carrying dozens of passengers and several crewmembers was hijacked by a passenger who threatened he had an explosive belt and forced to land in Cyprus Tuesday, according to the country's civil aviation authority.

An Egyptian plane on a flight between Alexandria and Cairo was hijacked and forced to land in Cyprus by a man apparently distressed over a family matter.

A Cypriot court ruled on Friday that an Egyptian man accused of hijacking a plane and diverting it to Cyprus can be extradited to Cairo for his alleged crimes.

The man accused of hijacking an Egyptian plane and diverting it to Cyprus did not enter the cockpit during the six-hour long ordeal, the pilot of the aircraft said Sunday.

The motives behind the hijacking of an EgyptAir flight, which was diverted to Cyprus, remain somewhat unclear. The suspected hijacker, an Egyptian man identified as Seif Eldin Mustafa, has been arrested after a brief standoff.

Cypriot authorities have determined that the belt worn by an Egyptian man who hijacked an EgyptAir plane on Tuesday did not contain explosives, Egypt's Civil Aviation Ministry said in a statement.

An Egyptian commerical airliner carrying dozens of passengers and several crewmembers was hijacked by a passenger who threatened he had an explosive belt and forced to land in Cyprus Tuesday, according to the country's civil aviation authority.

An Egyptian plane on a flight between Alexandria and Cairo was hijacked and forced to land in Cyprus by a man apparently distressed over a family matter.