Egypt Air Flight Hijack?

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Originally Posted by Bergerie1

Perhaps the BBC did not report all that David Learmount said:-
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Quite right ! Here is something DL said which was worth jounalistic comment.

"The flight was scheduled from Alexandria, Egypt, to Cairo, but a passenger claimed to be wearing a suicide vest and wanted to go to Cyprus, so the captain did what he asked and flew him to Larnaca."

I imagine the fellow introduced himself to a member of the cabin crew and the conversation went something like this, "I wish to see my girl friend, I love her and miss her so, would you please ask the captain to take me to Cyprus". When she declined, he unzipped his tunic and said, "look, I know maybe you think it is a fake, but this is the most powerful suicide belt in the world and would blow my head clean off, you`ve got to ask yourself one question Do I feel lucky ?, well do ya, punk ?"

I suppose in future all cabin staff will be required to check the authenticity of all suicide vests by requesting the wearers to carry out a trial detonation.