Malta:A hijacked Libyan aeroplane with 118 passengers on board has landed at the Mediterranean island and that there appear to be two hijackers on board, Malta airport authorities said.
Hijacked Libyan plane with 118 on board lands in Malta
They said that all emergency teams had been dispatched to the site as there was an unlawful interference at the airport.
Prime Minister, Joseph Muscat, said in a tweet that there was a ‘potential hijack situation involving an internal Libyan flight that was diverted to Malta and that emergency operations are underway at the airport’.
The aeroplane, Afriqiyah Airbus A320, landed in Malta at around 11:32am. It is one of three A320s that Afriqiyah, a state-owned airline based in Tripoli, owns.
The plane, flight number 8U209, left Sabha in south-west Libya for Tripoli at 10:10am. It was scheduled to arrive in Tripoli at 11:20am, but was instead to diverted to Malta International Airport at 11:20.
Reports suggest that the hijacker is a pro-Gaddafi supporter who has threatened to blow up the plane and keep the passengers hostage onboard unless certain, as yet unknown, demands are met.
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