An EgyptAir plane has been hijacked after taking off from Alexandria, Egypt, and landed at Lanarca airport in Cyprus Tuesday morning, media reports said. At least one armed hijacker took control of the domestic flight to Cairo, reports said. The number of passengers and crew on board has not been confirmed: early reports put the total at 81, but others put it at 55. No requests have been received from the hijackers of the Airbus 320, The Wall Street Journal reported.
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