EgyptAir flight hijacked over ex-wife
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The plane was diverted to Cyprus.
Authorities identified the hijacker as Egyptian national Seif El Din Mustafa, presidential spokesman Alaa Yousuf said. Earlier, Yousuf identified the hijacker as an Egyptian-American dual citizen with a different name.
The Airbus 320 had at least 81 people on board, Egypt’s Civil Aviation Ministry said.
By midday Tuesday, many of the passengers had been released. But three passengers and four crew members remain on board,Egyptian Civil Aviation Minister Sherif Fathy Ateyya said.
The hijacking is not related to terrorism, but rather the hijacker’s ex-wife, a spokesman for the Cyprus Ministry of Transport said.
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D.B. Hirsch is a political activist, news junkie, and retired ad copy writer and spin doctor. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.