星期二被劫持的埃及航空公司的客机降落在塞浦路斯机场，劫机者声称他身上系了装有炸药的腰带。这架班机上有55名乘客。
埃及民航部长谢里夫·法特希说，经过谈判，机上除7人外，其余人都被允许离开飞机。这架客机原计划从亚历山大飞往开罗。留在飞机上的7人中有四名机组人员和三名乘客。
法特希不肯透露劫机者的身份，他说，劫机者没有提出任何具体的要求。
塞浦路斯总统尼克斯·阿纳斯塔西亚迪斯说，这次劫机行动与恐怖主义没有关联。
A hijacker who claimed to be wearing an explosive belt forced an Egyptian passenger jet to land in Cyprus on Tuesday with 55 passengers on board.
Egypt's civil aviation minister Sherif Fathy said after negotiations all but seven people were allowed to leave the plane, which was originally due to fly from Alexandria to Cairo. Those who remained included four crew members and three passengers.
Fathy declined to identify the hijacker and said he had not made any concrete demands.
Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades said the hijacking was not related to terrorism.
