Captured Libyan airliner landed in Malta

Şamil Əlibəyli
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Baku. 23 December. REPORT.AZ/ Commercial airliner with 118 people aboard was reportedly captured in Libya has landed in Malta.

Report informs citing the foreign media, the plane of the Libyan air company Afriqiyah Airways with 118 people aboard was allegedly hijacked,.

According to media reports, two hijackers threatened to bomb the plane. The Times of Malta reports that there is only one hijacker with a hand bomb.

Information concerning his demands is still not available. 

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