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FROM OVERSEAS
THIS MORNING --
AN 'EGYPT-AIR'
PLANE, BOUND
FROM
ALEXANDRIA TO
CAIRO IS
HIJACKED MID-
FLIGHT.
SOMEWHERE
BETWEEN 55 AND
81 PEOPLE WERE
ON-BOARD WHEN
THE PILOT
REPORTED A
THREAT FROM A
PASSENGER,
CLAIMING TO
HAVE AN
EXPLOSIVE BELT.
THE PLANE
ENDED UP
LANDING IN THE
PORT CITY OF
"LARNACA,
CYPRUS" -- AND
HOSTAGE
NEGOTIATIONS
IMMEDIATELY
GOT UNDERWAY.
THIS IS VIDEO OF
THE PLANE ON
THE GROUND IN
CYPRUS.
AT FIRST - THE
HIJACKER
REPORTEDLY
OFFERED TO
RELEASE WOMEN
AND CHILDREN IF
POLICE BACKED
AWAY.
BUT, AT LAST
UPDATE,
EVERYONE
EXCEPT FOR
THREE
PASSENGERS
AND FIVE CREW
MEMBERS HAVE
BEEN LET OFF
THE PLANE.
THE PRESIDENT
OF CYPRUS SAYS
- THE HIJACKING
IS NOT BELIEVED
TO BE RELATED
TO 'TERRORISM.'
ACCORDING TO A
HIGH-LEVEL
SOURCE WITH
N-B-C NEWS, THE
MOTIVE APPEARS
TO BE A
'PERSONAL'
MATTER
INVOLVING A
WOMAN --
POSSIBLY THE
HI-JACKERS EX-
WIFE.