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Hijacker of Egypt plane has suicide belt
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In this June 29, 2015 file photo, Egyptian policemen stand guard at the site of a bombing that killed Egypt’s top prosecutor, Hisham Barakat, who oversaw cases against thousands of Islamists, in Cairo, Egypt. Nabil Sadek Egypt’s chief prosecutor ordered the detention of six people on Sunday suspected of involvement in the assassination of Barakat. Most are students at Cairo’s Al-Azhar, Sunni Islam’s pre-eminent institution for religious learning. (AP /Eman Helal)
The Latest on the hijacked EgyptAir plane that has landed in Larnaca in Cyprus.
9:15 a.m. (all times local)
Egypt's aviation authority says the hijacker of the Egyptian airplane forced to fly to Cyprus has claimed to have an explosives belt on him.
This is a according to a statement from the authority on Tuesday. The explosives would suggest that the hijacker is an Islamic militant. Suicide belts have been a weapon of choice for Islamic militants in the Mideast.
The plane landed in Larnaca in Cyprus after which the hijackers allowed some women and children to leave.
8:30 a.m.
Egypt's civil aviation authority says an EgyptAir plane has been hijacked while flying from the Egyptian coastal city of Alexandria to the capital, Cairo.
A Cypriot government official says the hijacked plane landed on Tuesday morning at the airport in Larnaka and that there are suspicions of a bomb on board.
A second Cypriot official says there "seems like there's more than one hijacker." He says there have been no demands other than that police vehicles move away from the aircraft.
Both officials spoke on condition of anonymity under regulations.
The statement from the Egyptian aviation authority says the MS181 is an Airbus and that it has 55 passengers on board and five crew members.
