Local media is reporting that about 20 passengers have been released from a hijacked plane in the Cyprus airport of Larnaca. Those released are understood to be Egyptian-national women and children. About 35 passengers and seven crew members remain on the plane. Local media have also reported the hijacker is requesting political asylum. This has not yet been confirmed, and there is a conflicting report that no demands at all have yet been made. The hijacker of a passenger plane that has landed in Egypt is reported to have explosives strapped to his body. Earlier: A passenger has hijacked a plane which has landed at the Cyrpus airport of Larnaca, and there is reportedly a bomb on board. The Egyptair passenger plane travelling from Egypt is understood to have 55 people on board, with an additional seven crew members. Its flight route had been between the Egyptian cities of Alexandria to Cairo.
