{"id":279235,"date":"2016-12-23T18:09:19","date_gmt":"2016-12-23T18:09:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=279235"},"modified":"2016-12-23T18:09:19","modified_gmt":"2016-12-23T18:09:19","slug":"libya-malta-hijack-hijackers-arrested-as-drama-ends-peacefully","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/12\/libya-malta-hijack-hijackers-arrested-as-drama-ends-peacefully\/","title":{"rendered":"Libya Malta hijack: Hijackers arrested as drama ends peacefully"},"content":{"rendered":"
The hijacking of a Libyan plane has ended peacefully after the men who seized control surrendered in Malta.<\/p>\n
The domestic flight with 118 people on board was hijacked after taking off from Sabha, bound for the Libyan capital Tripoli.<\/p>\n
Instead, the Afriqiyah Airways Airbus A320 was diverted to Malta International Airport.<\/p>\n
It appears the two hijackers are supporters of Libya’s late deposed leader, Muammar Gaddafi.<\/p>\n
Pictures of them kneeling on the tarmac with their hands up appear to show the moment they were arrested by the Maltese authorities.<\/p>\n
All the passengers – including one infant – and a number of the crew had already been released.<\/p>\n