[Ammi]

Cypriot president Nicos Anastasiades said the incident was not terror related.

He added: "We are doing our utmost in order for everyone to be released and safe and to give an end to this unprecedented incident."

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Ammi

Cypriot president Nicos Anastasiades said the incident was not terror related.

He added: "We are doing our utmost in order for everyone to be released and safe and to give an end to this unprecedented incident."

On the one hand it's great it's not terror related, on the other it's worrying how apparently easy it was for this guy working presumably on his own to take control of a plane

[Niamh.]

How on Earth did they get on board with a bomb/guns?

[Kizzy]

He may not have, would you want to tackle him to find out? :/

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

How on Earth did they get on board with a bomb/guns?

He..a lone person by the looks of things, he might be bluffing which has all sorts of implications for travel and if he does have a gun/bomb the staff at the airport he travelled out of should be sacked

[Samm]

It's apparently just domestic and not terrorism

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Kizzy

He may not have, would you want to tackle him to find out? :/

Originally Posted by Cherie

He..a lone person by the looks of things, he might be bluffing which has all sorts of implications for travel and if he does have a gun/bomb the staff at the airport he travelled out of should be sacked

ah ok, just catching up with this story now, well hopefully he's just a hoax/bluff then

[Kizzy]

Originally Posted by Cherie

He..a lone person by the looks of things, he might be bluffing which has all sorts of implications for travel and if he does have a gun/bomb the staff at the airport he travelled out of should be sacked

What's the betting it was the UK?

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

ah ok, just catching up with this story now, well hopefully he's just a hoax/bluff then

He wants to speak to his ex wife But even if he is bluffing and it now appears that he is, how easy was it for him to take control with no weapons

[arista]

Yes Not Terrorism a Fecking Lovers Tiff

[arista]

Originally Posted by Samm

It's apparently just domestic and not terrorism

Yes Samm

Lovers Tiff

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Cherie

He wants to speak to his ex wife But even if he is bluffing and it now appears that he is, how easy was it for him to take control with no weapons

Well this is the thing, people are terrified because of all the ISIS stuff going on so it's instantly assumed that it's them I guess :/

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Kizzy

What's the betting it was the UK?

Internal Egyptian flight I think flying from Alexandria to Cairo

[smudgie]

Idiot.
Hopefully he get a good long jail sentence.
Incidents like this make you realise why they come down hard on hoaxers who think it is ok to joke about having a bomb etc.

[Livia]

Lucky for him he wasn't on an El-Al flight. He'd be dead now.

[arista]

Originally Posted by Livia

Lucky for him he wasn't on an El-Al flight. He'd be dead now.

Yes they have the Better Security

[arista]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

Well this is the thing, people are terrified because of all the ISIS stuff going on so it's instantly assumed that it's them I guess :/

Yes when it first started
the thought it may be them

[_Tom_]

Originally Posted by Kizzy

News agencies and other reports are naming the hijacker as Ibrahim Abdel Tawwab Samaha, a professor of veterinary medicine at Alexandria university.

It's suggesting he's 27 which seems a bit young for that position and the photo of the guy looks a lo older.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/liv...in-cyprus-live

Ibrahim Samaha has been in contact with the media to say he was a passenger, now freed, and not the hijacker.

[_Tom_]

Hijacker demands release of prisoners: report

According to the Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation, via Reuters, the hijacker has now made a political demand: the release of some unspecified female prisoners in Egypt.

This remain unconfirmed.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/liv...in-cyprus-live

[arista]

Thats him

[_Tom_]

Update on the identity of the hijacker:

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by _Tom_

Ibrahim Samaha has been in contact with the media to say he was a passenger, now freed, and not the hijacker.

Poor guy being named, the amount of trigger happy reporting is becoming an issue in these incidents

[Kizzy]

Originally Posted by _Tom_

Ibrahim Samaha has been in contact with the media to say he was a passenger, now freed, and not the hijacker.

Yes I read that in the updates on that live feed of the incident thanks

[Cherie]

The reporting on this has been a disgrace I've just listened to a press conference by the Cypriot President where he claimed it wasn't terrorist related and there was lots of laughter about a women being involved, now it appears it is terrorist related

[arista]

Originally Posted by Cherie

Poor guy being named, the amount of trigger happy reporting is becoming an issue in these incidents

what you want to give a cuddle?