[draguer]

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-35915139

Odd - it was flying internally in Egypt. The guy stood up and said he was wearing an explosive belt. He forced the plane to land in Cyprus, where he let most of the 80 passengers off. There are now just the crew and four foreign passengers left on board, while it sits on the runway and negotiations continue.

[Avarence]

Looks like his ex-wife lives in Cyprus and that may be why the plane was flown there. She is now en route to the airport for negotiation help.

[Gmac]

According to CNN he took the plane due to his ex-wife.

http://www.cnn.com/2016/03/29/europe/hij...index.html

[brick tamland]

Yawn...

[Horus]

(03-29-2016 05:35 AM)brick tamland Wrote:  

Yawn...

A plane is hijacked in the Middle East and flown to Europe. Would you like someone to explain to you why this is newsworthy?

[Candlejack]

He gave a letter to his wife? Beta of the Year?

[Patriarch]

Guy was listening to too much Bruno Mars. I would hijack a plaaaaaneee for yaaa...

[RIslander]

Game saves lives.

[Saweeep]

How refreshing to see a good old plane hijacking.

Doesn't happen too often these days.

Nostalgic.

[Patriarch]

(03-29-2016 10:12 AM)CrashBangWallop Wrote:  

How refreshing to see a good old plane hijacking.

Doesn't happen too often these days.

Nostalgic.

Just be glad we don't have interstellar pleasure cruises to hijack yet.

The Martian would have been better if moon jihadists hijacked Matt Damon's rescue rocket as it did a slingshot around Earth.

[TheMaleBrain]

(03-29-2016 06:11 AM)Candlejack Wrote:  

He gave a letter to his wife? Beta of the Year?

Year has not ended yet.
For now he is probably Beta of Q1.
Let's wait and see if CH will have anything interesting to say about this.

[Buakaw]

#EgyptAirHijackSelfie

   

[kaotic]

So a plane was hijacked in the name of pussy and NOT for Islam.

Am I the only one sort of happy about this ?

[Mercenary]

From the BBC

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-no...d-35923820

Quote:

A man who posed for a picture with a hijacker
wearing a suspected suicide belt has said he was trying
to get a better look at the device.

The image of Ben Innes, grinning next to his captor on the Egyptair flight, has gone viral on social media. Mr Innes, based in Aberdeen, also told the Sun newspaper he wanted to "stay cheerful in the face of adversity". The hijacker, who forced the plane to land in Cyprus, was later arrested and the suicide belt was found to be fake.

Oil worker Mr Innes, who is originally from Leeds, was a passenger on the Airbus A320 on Tuesday when a man, named by Cypriot officials as Seif Eldin Mustafa, threatened to blow up the aircraft.

The picture was taken during a five-hour standoff after the plane was diverted to Larnaca airport. Mr Innes told the Sun: "I'm not sure why I did it - I just threw caution to the wind while trying to stay cheerful in the face of adversity." He said the photo, which was taken by a member of the cabin crew, was the "best selfie ever".

The plane was carrying at least 55 passengers, including 26 foreigners, on an EgyptAir domestic flight from Alexandria to Cairo. Most of those on board were freed shortly after the plane landed at Larnaca but the hijacker held seven people hostage before the incident came to a peaceful conclusion.

Mr Innes said part of his motivation was to find out more about the suspected explosive belt and whether it was fitted with a "dead man's trigger" that would detonate the device if the hijacker was incapacitated. The hijacker's motives were unclear but the Cypriot president said the incident was not terrorism-related.

100% beta (on left) vs 100% alpha (on right)

[Jura]

So based on the lessons from 9/11 and the current security in most airports, a guy like that gets up from his seat and shows everybody his "explosive belt", do you sit down quietly or go for his head? I know I'd probably try to play the hero, especially with an older guy like on the picture.

[Latan]

(03-30-2016 05:32 AM)Jura Wrote:  

So based on the lessons from 9/11 and the current security in most airports, a guy like that gets up from his seat and shows everybody his "explosive belt", do you sit down quietly or go for his head? I know I'd probably try to play the hero, especially with an older guy like on the picture.

If he only has a hand weapon, knife or even firearm, I do agree with you.
But with explosives around his waist, he could just have to press a button to make everybody explode.

I really don't know what's the best move in this situation.
Nothing prooves he's going to crash the plane, while explosives surely will.