First picture of man believed to have hijacked EgyptAir flight

March 29, 2016 14:14

Witnesses say hijacker threw a letter, written in Arabic, outside the parked EgyptAir plane in Larnaca airport. Ian Petchenik, a spokesman for FlightRadar24, tells news agency The Associated Press that EgyptAir flight MS181 flew in a typical fashion on the Cyprus, without the pilots signaling any trouble via their transponder. @airlivenet
tweets this picture, saying, "Possible hijacker standing at front of the #Egyptair A320 flight #MS181."

@airlivenet says that the hijacker is a professor of veterinary medicine at Alexandria university.

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