A screenshot from Flight Radar showing the hijacked flight MS181 at Larnaca Airport in Cyprus
Update 29/03/2016 14:10 UTC: Authorities identified and arrested the suspected hijacker as Seif Eldin Mustafa, an Egyptian living in Cyprus. Some media reports earlier in the day cited a different man, Ibrahim Samaha, as the suspect, but he was merely a passenger on the plane.
A lone hijacker has reportedly hijacked an Egypt Air flight en route from Alexandria to Cairo, forcing the flight to be diverted to Larnaca Airport in Cyprus after claiming he was wearing an explosive belt. On…
