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At a brief news conference, authorities stressed they had reacted as if the hijacker “represented the highest possible danger”. It is so far unclear whether the hijacker made it to the A320’s flight deck (cockpit) or simply threatened crew and passengers in the cabin with his purported explosives. Nevertheless, at the time of writing, it looks unlikely that the hijacker had any weapons. Should the hijacker prove to be armed, or to havesmuggled aboard the “suicide belt” that he was claiming to wear, there will be more difficult questions for airport authorities to answer. So Egyptian authorities will doubtless be mightily relieved that this hijacking does not have links to Isis-related terror. The bombing of the Russian Metrojet airliner in October, and subsequent questions about the efficacy of Egypt’s aviation security, virtually ended the tourism industry in its Red Sea resorts. Here’s a taste:ĭespite what appears to be the somewhat farcical nature of the EgyptAir hijacking, any aeroplane incident is liable to raise more concerns in the mind of the travelling public. My colleague, Gwyn Topham, has written a piece about the security lessons of today’s hijack. The incident is another blow to Egypt’s tourism industry, which has faced questions over air security since bombing of the Russian Metrojet airliner in October.Cypriot officials said later that the supposed suicide belt was a fake, During the hijack, Egypt’s civil aviation minister said that this could be the case, but the only safe option was to act as if it might be real.The final part of the sisge saw just seven hostages remaining, three passengers and four crew or security officials. Egyptian officials said the 55 passengers included eight Americans, four Britons, two Belgians, one Italian and four Dutch people, with the remainder Egyptian.Officials at the foreign ministry in Egypt were more blunt: “He’s not a terrorist, he’s an idiot.”

The foreign ministry of Cyprus said after the hijack was over that the perpetrator was “psychologically unstable”.

But officials said later that he was seeking the release of some female prisoners in Egypt, and to speak to EU officials. Reports and comments by the president of Cyprus suggested the man was motivated by a desire to contact his ex-wife, a Cypriot national, who was reportedly brought to the airport to talk to him.

The motives for the hijack remain unclear.

The hijacker, identified as Seif Eldin Mustafa, an Egyptian national, walked down the plane steps and was arrested.

The six-hour siege ended peacefully, with passengers and crew leaving the plane gradually.

A man claiming to be wearing a suicide belt hijacked an EgyptAir flight from Alexandria to Cairo, forcing the pilot to divert to Larnaca in Cyprus, where he held passengers and crew hostage.

With the hijack over, seemingly without anyone hurt, and the man responsible in the custody of Cypriot police, here’s a final run-through of what we know:

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