Seif Eldin Mustafa was branded an "idiot" by the Egyptian foreign ministry after he seized control of the Alexandra-Cairo flight and had it diverted to Cyprus, where he issued a string of bizarre demands...
Initial reports had raised fears the passengers of flight MS181 were about to become the latest victim of a terrorist attack, but it later emerged the hijacking was carried out by an "unstable" man said to have posed for "selfie" photos with some of the people he had taken hostage.
More than 80 people were on the plane, Egypt's civil aviation ministry said, three of them reportedly British citizens.
The hijacker initially allowed women and children to leave the plane, releasing Egyptian citizens shortly after.
But for a tense five hours he kept four unidentified foreign citizens on the plane as he issued his demands.
In a bizarre twist one of the passengers was seen apparently escaping by climbing out of the plane's cockpit and falling onto the runway.
Minutes later images were widely circulated on social media which appeared to show Mustafa - who was wearing what he claimed was a suicide vest - posing for a "selfie" photo with an unnamed passenger.
The Egyptian government has since confirmed the suicide belt was fake.
He was eventually captured and seen being led away from the airport by Cypriot police.
2 comments:
Aren't they all?
I think that was a pilot escaping from the cockpit. They are trained to do that.
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