UPDATE: EWN has confirmed, via Twitter, that there were two South African on board the hijacked plane.

Here are those tweets:

It is being reported that there are still seven hostages on board.

Here is the post from this morning…

Some terrifying news coming out of Cyprus at the moment, a plane hijacked after taking off from Egypt now forced to land in Larnaca airport.

On board is one man who won’t be welcomed by his fellow passengers, with this below from CNN:

The flight was an internal flight heading from Burj El Arab airport in the northern Egyptian city of Alexandria to the capital Cairo, Ihab Raslan, spokesman for the Egyptian ministry of civil aviation, [said].

The Airbus 320 Egyptair flight, designated MS181, has at least 81 people on board, a statement from the Egyptian ministry of civil aviation said.

Pilot Omar El Gamal has reported a threat from a passenger claiming to have an explosive belt, who forced the plane to land in Cyprus, the statement said.

You can follow the latest below from Sky News live:

[source:cnn]

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