The Airbus 320 with 81 people on board has been hijacked on Tuesday in Cairo, Egypt. By Afternoon, Most of them except three passengers and four crew members had been released.
Egypt's Civil Aviation Ministry confirms the hijack wasn't related to terrorism. The person who hijacked the flight has been identified as Egyptian national Seif El Din Mustafa.
The Civil Aviation spokesperson says the hijacker mayn't having any explosives as security at all the Egyptian airports has been beefed up. Tiff with estranged wife could be the reason behind the hijack. The Hijacker who works as a professor in a University demanded officials to bring his ex-wife before him.
Foreign passengers in the flight include 8 Americans, 4 Dutch, 4 Britons, 2 Belgians, 1 each from France, Italy and Syria.
Egypt's Civil Aviation Ministry confirms the hijack wasn't related to terrorism. The person who hijacked the flight has been identified as Egyptian national Seif El Din Mustafa.
The Civil Aviation spokesperson says the hijacker mayn't having any explosives as security at all the Egyptian airports has been beefed up. Tiff with estranged wife could be the reason behind the hijack. The Hijacker who works as a professor in a University demanded officials to bring his ex-wife before him.
Foreign passengers in the flight include 8 Americans, 4 Dutch, 4 Britons, 2 Belgians, 1 each from France, Italy and Syria.