lybian plane hijacked

Lybian plane hijack in Malta     

                There is the end of Lybian plane hyjacking peacefully after the men who seized control surrendered in Malta.

A domestic flight Afriqiyan Airways Airbus A320 diverted to Malta.

      There were 118 people on board when plane was hijacked after taking off from Sabha to libyan capital Tripoli. It seems that two hijackers are supporters of Libyan's late deposed leader,Muamman Gaddafi.

       All passenger with a child and crew members had already been released.

        Maltese Prime minister Joseph Muscat initially said that the men had been armed with pistols and a grenade- but later tweeted that the weapons appeared to be replicas.

        Muscat told in a press conference,"the two hijackers have been detained in custody and interrogations are also being questioned to ascertain events.

        "Once the interrogation process is completed over the next few hours will be made to send the passengers and the crew members sent back to Libya with another Afriqiyah aircraft.

  

Hijackers did not made any demand but one of them waived a green flag outside the aircraft, suggesting locality to late Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi.

     When Afriqiyah Aircraft flight 8U209 was en route to the Libyan capital Tripoli was going on taking 118 passengers abroad when hijackers diverted the plane.

      Airbus A320,took off Friday morning from Sabha, a desert city in southwestern Libya. Hijackers forced the plane to divert to Malta, some 350 Kms from the Libyan coast in the Mediterranean sea.

      Aircraft landed friday morning, the maltase military person led negotiations with hijackers, who threatened to blow up the aircraft with hand granders. Foreign ministry spokesman Etienne St. Johan said.

By ending afternoon women was allowed to leave the plane,after that the remaining passangers and crew members left,smiling and chatting as they stepped the plane and onto the tarmac.