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A plane flying from Libya to Sudan has been hijacked and landed in the Sudan capital, Khartoum.A plane flying from Libya to Sudan has been hijacked and landed in the Sudan capital, Khartoum.
One report said that the lone hijacker, armed with a knife, had been arrested by Sudanese special forces but this has not been confirmed. The lone hijacker, armed with a knife, is thought to be have been arrested by Sudanese special forces.
The hijacker, thought to be Sudanese, is reported to have forced the Sudan Airways plane to land at Khartoum airport early on Friday. Civil aviation authority official Abdel Hafiz Abdel-Rahim said: "The hijacker burst into the pilot's cabin about one and half hours from landing."
The plane, carrying 210 passengers, began its journey in Tripoli. The Sudan Airways plane, carrying 210 passengers, landed at Khartoum airport early on Friday.
Civil aviation authority official Abdel Hafiz Abdel-Rahim told Reuters news agency: "The hijacker burst into the pilot's cabin about one and a half hours from landing and told the captain he wanted to meet with the British ambassador, then he asked to meet the American ambassador and the media. Mr Abdel-Rahim told Reuters news agency that the hijacker had told the captain he wanted to meet the British and US ambassadors, as well as the media.
"Snipers dressed as journalists then took him into custody." "Snipers dressed as journalists then took him into custody," he said.
Abdel-Rahim said the hijacker identified himself as Haloub Saeed but authorities were trying to confirm this.
No apparent motive for the hijacking has yet been identified.No apparent motive for the hijacking has yet been identified.
In January a 24-year-old man armed with knives and a pistol hijacked a Sudanese plane and tried to force it to fly to Europe.
Mahamat Abdelatif Mahamat demanded an end to the conflict in Darfur.
The plane was diverted to Chad, where he was arrested and the passengers released unharmed.