Today 23 Dec MIA Malta intern airport Closed and . . . OPEN

Today 23 Dec MIA Malta intern airport Closed and open

MALTA AIRPORT HIJACK: Attackers FREE 118 hostages after threatening to blow up plane

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• Molti voli cancellati e 6 voli provenienti da vari aeroporti europei che dovevano atterrare a Malta dirottati su Catania intern airport.

//// il volo giornaliero MALTA - CATANIA di Ryanair schedulato
FR 2537 CATANIA 13:25 15:20 Est. AIRBORNE

Watch: Hijacked Libyan Afriquiyah plane in Malta
in MALTA Luqa Airport closed until further notice

News December 23 - World news

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The Afriqiyah Airways A320 with around 120 people on board landed in Malta after it was hijacked in Libyan airspace.

The plane was on an internal flight from Sebha to Tripoli and diverted by two hijackers in their mid 20s who claimed to have a hand grenade and threatened to blow up the plane.

A total of 111 passengers - 82 men, 28 women and an infant - and seven crew members were on board the aircraft which landed in Malta at 11.32am. All passengers are believed to be Libyan.

At 2.50pm, Prime Minister Joseph Muscat tweeted that all passengers and crew were being released.

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First major hijack in Malta since 1985

The last major hijack incident in Malta took place in November 23, 1985 when an EgyptAir Boeing 737 plane was diverted to the island.

What followed was a 24-hour nightmare that ended in a bloody massacre with 62 people dead when Egyptian commandos stormed the plane. Only one of the three hijackers survived and was brought to justice.

Forty-three years ago then Prime Minster Dom Mintoff managed to negotiate the release of 247 passengers and eight air hostesses on board a Boeing 747 Jumbo Jet which was also hijacked over Iraq and flown to Malta.

The passengers and air hostesses were released in return for fuel. The plane had been hijacked by Palestinian terrorists. The plane later left Malta and the hijackers eventually surrendered.


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