Malta airport says plane from Libya has landed and that there appear to be 2 hijackers on board. The Malta airport authority said all emergency teams had been dispatched to the site of what it called an “unlawful interference” on the airport tarmac.
Almost all hostages have been released following a hijack drama at Malta International Airport.
The Afriqiyah Airways A320 with around 120 people on board landed in Malta after it was hijacked in Libyan airspace.
The plane was on an internal flight from Sebha to Tripoli and diverted by two hijackers in their mid 20s who claimed to have a hand grenade and threatened to blow up the plane.
A total of 111 passengers - 82 men, 28 women and an infant - and seven crew members are on board the aircraft which landed in Malta at 11.32am. All passengers are believed to be Libyan.
Soldiers and emergency services surrounded the aircraft as soon as it landed in Malta.
The hijackers, claiming to be pro-Gaddafi group Al Fatah Al Gadida, said they were willing to let all passengers go apart from the crew, if their demands were met.
It is not known what their demands are at this stage. It is not clear whether this is an act of terrorism or the result of the bitter Libyan political feud.
Almost all hostages have been released following a hijack drama at Malta International Airport.
The Afriqiyah Airways A320 with around 120 people on board landed in Malta after it was hijacked in Libyan airspace.
The plane was on an internal flight from Sebha to Tripoli and diverted by two hijackers in their mid 20s who claimed to have a hand grenade and threatened to blow up the plane.
Soldiers and emergency services surrounded the aircraft as soon as it landed in Malta.
The hijackers, claiming to be pro-Gaddafi group Al Fatah Al Gadida, said they were willing to let all passengers go apart from the crew, if their demands were met.
It is not known what their demands are at this stage. It is not clear whether this is an act of terrorism or the result of the bitter Libyan political feud.
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