The suspected hijacker of an Afriqiyah Airways passenger plane has threatened to blow up the airliner, with 111 passengers on board, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing a person familiar with the matter. The airliner, an Airbus 320, was on flight to Libya’s capital Tripoli from the central city of Sabha, then diverted to Malta after a passenger demanded to be flown to the Mediterranean, the WSJ report said. Malta airport authorities said in a statement that there had been an unlawful interference at the airport and that emergency teams had been dispatched, the WSJ report said.
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