hijacker

Seif Eldin Mustafa, hijacker of the Egyptian plane, Egyptair MS 181, has been arrested, state media reports. The EgyptAir plane was hijacked while flying from the Egyptian Mediterranean coastal city of Alexandria to the capital, Cairo, but was forced to land in Cyprus, following a bomb threat...

The hijack of EgyptAir Flight MS181 on Tuesday morning was the desperate act of a lovelorn man rather than an act of terrorism, the Cyprus president has said. Egyptian state TV had earlier named Ibrahim Samaha as the hijacker, saying he chose to land the Egyptian aircraft at Larnaca airport...