A hijacked EgyptAir domestic flight landed at Larnaca Airport in Cyprus early Tuesday, according to local media and a lawmaker.
The report could not immediately be independently confirmed by NBC News.
The flight had 82 passengers on board and the hijackers have offered to release women and children, former EU commissioner Androulla Vassiliou said on Twitter.
Hijacked aircraft of Egypt Air with 82 passengers landed at Larnaca airport……we are anxious to learn more.
— Androulla Vassiliou (@VassiliouEU) March 29, 2016
Hijackers asked all police forces to leave the area in order to release women and children passengers…..
— Androulla Vassiliou (@VassiliouEU) March 29, 2016
The plane was an Airbus A320 carrying mostly Egyptian passengers, airport sources told NBC News.
The flight landed at 8:50 a.m. local time (1:50 a.m.ET), according to the Cyprus Mail news site.
It was en route from Alexandria to Cairo, civil aviation sources told Reuters.
We are investigating reports about a possible hijack of EgyptAir flight #MS181 that landed at Larnaca, Cyprus. pic.twitter.com/WdwTIYEwxF
— AviationSafety (@AviationSafety) March 29, 2016
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