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Urgent: Hijacked Libyan plane lands in Malta

Xinhua, December 23, 2016 Adjust font size:

A hijacked Libyan Afriqiyah airways Airbus A320 airliner with 118 onboard Friday landed in Malta, local media reported.

Meanwhile, Malta's Prime Minister Joseph Muscat said on Twitter he had been alerted to a "potential hijack" of a Libyan plane heading towards his island nation in the Mediterranean. Endi