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Airplane hijacked in Malta (2): all hostages released -2 VIDEO

Valletta, Malta - All safe, 82 men, 28 women, a baby and 7 crewmembers

It had a positive end at 1:00pm (local hour) the hijacking to the Airbus A-320 airplane of the Libyan airline Afriqiyah Airways, flight 8U209, seems by two Libyans of "Gaddafi" power, improvised hijackers seems armed of grenades threatened to explode aircraft. The reasons of the geisture have not been known yet. After the landing at the Maltese airport the release has occurred gradually after a two...

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Rome, Italy, 12/23/2016 16:26
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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