近日，在被一个身穿自杀式炸弹背心的男人劫持之后，埃及航空公司一家航班号为MS181的埃及客机紧急迫降在塞浦路斯。

The hijacking of the flight which was en-route from Alexandria to Cairo and carrying 82 passengers and a crew of 7, was confirmed by EgyptAir on Twitter at 7.40am GMT.

埃及航空公司于当地时间7点40分在Twitter上证实，这架被劫持的飞机的航线是从亚历山大港飞往首都开罗，飞机上共搭载82名乘客及7名机组成员。

A Cypriot government official said that there are suspicions of a bomb on board.

一名塞浦路斯政府官员称飞机上疑似有炸弹。

埃及一架客机遭劫持 被迫降落塞浦路斯

Former European Commissioner for Education, Androulla Vassiliou, tweeted that hijackers have demanded that authorities leave runway 'in order to release women and children passengers'.

前欧洲教育署委员安德鲁拉·瓦西利乌发布推文称，劫机者要求当地政府人员离开飞机跑道，这样他才会释放机上的妇女和儿童乘客。

As of 4 pm Tuesday, most passengers were released and only crew members and four foreigners remain on the plane.

截至北京时间29日下午4点，除机组成员和4名非埃及旅客外的乘客均已被释放。