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Passengers get off hijacked plane in Malta

Passengers have begun disembarking a hijacked Libyan plane after sitting on the tarmac in Malta for several hours.

Passengers have begun disembarking from hijacked Libyan aircraft in Malta.

An airliner on an internal flight in Libya was hijacked by a man claiming to have a hand grenade and diverted to Malta, where it landed with 118 people on board on Thursday morning.

The hijacker told crew he was "pro-Gaddafi" and that he was willing to let all 111 passengers leave the Airbus A320, but not its seven crew, if his demands were met, the Times of Malta said.

It was unclear what the demands were or whether the hijacker was acting alone.


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