Fake Suicide Bomber Hijacks An Egyptian Airplane

1. Egypt Air, Flight MS181, was taken over by a man wearing what he claimed to be a live bomb belt. It was later discovered that the belt was made to look like a real bomb and that the hijacker did not have the intentions of killing innocent people or blowing up the plane.

2. The flight departed from Alexandria and was forced to land on Cyprus, an island in the Mediterranean. A statement from Egypt's civil aviation ministry said 26 foreign passengers were on board, including eight Americans, four Britons, four Dutch citizens, two Belgians, two Greeks, a French national, an Italian and a Syrian. I know that sounds like the beginning of a joke but to the people onboard it turned out to be a huge relief when their hijacker only wanted to reconnect with his wife.

3. Authorities have said that the man was not affiliated with any terrorist groups and that the incident was not motivated by terror but rather by love. One official was quoted saying that, “there is always a woman involved” when referring to the crazy attempt by the hijacker whose name is, Seif Eldin Mustafa. Here he is seen taking photos with some of the passengers onboard the hijacked plane.

4. Seif Eldin Mustafa surrendered early this morning after a number of the hostages were seen fleeing the aircraft. One of the pilots was even seen escaping through one of the cockpit windows.

5. Even though Egyptian leaders and heads of state around the world are relieved that the event turned out to be little more than an estranged man's attempt at reaching his wife, the question of how such a fake device made its way onto a commercial airplane has risen many questions about the safety of Egyptian airports.

6. Last October, explosives were smuggled onboard a Russian passenger plane leaving Cairo, which caused the plane carrying 244 people to crash over Sinai. This event could not come at a worse time in the global panic over terrorist attacks.

7. Here the Hijacker can be seen walking away from the airplane. In the foreground you can see two police officers with their sights on the hijacker. Seif Eldin Mustafa has been arrested and all of the passengers have been escorted to safety. And I can't help but wonder what his wife thinks of all this. Maybe pulling this kind of shit is what made her decide to live on an island in the Mediterainian far away from him. Just a thought.