Cypriot authorities have extradited the Egyptian man who was arrested in 2016 after hijacking a passenger plane in Egypt and then forcing the pilots to fly to Cyprus.<\/p>\n
The man is accused of threatening to detonate a bomb belt on board the plane, but it was later revealed that he had no explosives on him. The belt was a dummy.<\/p>\n
The suspect surrendered after landing an Egyptian domestic plane in Cyprus with 72 passengers and crew on board. He had demanded the release of female prisoners in Egypt and that he be allowed to meet his Cypriot ex-wife.<\/p>\n
No one was physically injured in connection with the hijacking.<\/p>\n
The Cyprus Prosecutor's Office extradited the 61-year-old man after receiving guarantees from Egyptian authorities that his trial would follow international criteria for a fair trial.<\/p>\n
Source: TT<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Cypriotiska myndigheter har l\u00e4mnat ut den egyptiske man som greps 2016 efter att ha kapat ett passagerarplan i Egypten och sedan tvingat piloterna att flyga till Cypern. Mannen anklagas f\u00f6r att ha hotat att detonera ett bombb\u00e4lte ombord p\u00e5 planet, men det visade senare att han inte hade n\u00e5gra spr\u00e4ngmedel p\u00e5 sig. B\u00e4ltet var en […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[179],"tags":[595,85,2291],"class_list":["post-232199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-flyg","tag-cypern","tag-flyg","tag-kapare"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n