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EgyptAir Hijacking: Hostage Situation Over, Hijacker Arrested

March 29, 2016
Screen grab from RT video

All hostages have been released from the hijacked EgyptAir plane and the hijacker has been arrested, Cyprus’ Ministry of Foreign Affairs and EgyptAir announced via Twitter. Official sources at EGYPTAIR declared the release of all the hostages and the arrest of the hijacker. #EgyptAir — EGYPTAIR (@EGYPTAIR) March 29, 2016 Videos of the plane on the runway showed the remaining hostages fleeing from the plane in two groups. The first group of four people included three who departed via the plane exit door and one man who could be seen climbing out of the cockpit window. The second group included three people who ran out from the plane door. WATCH: People seen running out of hijacked #EgyptAir plane https://t.co/v6frE4HYSL pic.twitter.com/Pcew0P8rYF — RT (@RT_com) March 29, 2016 Photos emerged earlier showing the hijacker wearing a white belt around his waist. Egypt’s Minister of Civil Aviation Sherif Fathy had said during a press conference that authorities remained unsure whether the alleged suicide belt was real but that security officials were treating the threat as real. The hijacker’s specific demands remain unclear; initial reports had claimed that he was attempting to reach his…


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