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Cyprus Hands over EgyptAir Flight Hijacker to Egypt

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Cyprus justice authorities Sunday said they handed over to Egypt a 61-year old Egyptian man who hijacked and diverted in 2016 an EgyptAir flight from the city of Alexandria to Cyprus. Seif al-Din Mohamed Mostafa was returned to his homeland after Egypt provided guarantees that it will provide international standard legal procedures for his trial, […]
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Egyptian & Greek Rescue Teams in Search of Missing EgyptAir Flight

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Egyptian national forces and coastguards assisted by Greek forces have been mobilized on the Mediterranean to look for the missing EgyptAir flight MS804, which disappeared from radar between Paris and Cairo. The plane Airbus A320 is believed to have crashed into the Mediterranean at 2:30 am local time, around 280km north of the Egyptian coast. […]
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Egypt’s Plane Hijacking Unveils Big Security Loopholes

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The Egyptian plane hijacked Tuesday and diverted to Cyprus raises serious concerns over the country’s airports security, according to some experts. This new incident comes few months after Russian Metrojet Flight, taking off from Egypt’s Sharm el-Sheikh airport, was downed in the Sinai Peninsula, killing all 224 people on board. ISIS terror organization claimed responsibility. […]