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Alexandria court sentences plane hijacker to life imprisonment
Wearing a fake explosive belt, Mostafa boarded a plane heading from Alexandria to Cairo in March 2016, threatening to blow up the jet to force the pilot to change the plane direction.

Egyptian forced to leave plane; wife got in diabetic coma in Bucharest
The Egyptian Ministry of Emigration stated on Friday, that the Egyptian ambassador to Romania, Salah Abdel Maksoud, clarified that the Egyptian and Moroccan embassies are conducting investigations with the concerned authorities and that the embassy will report any progress.

Egyptian plane hijacker referred to criminal court
In March 2016, he commandeered domestic flight with 72 passengers, crew onboard, after showing them a fake explosive belt

Nile Air purchases latest airbus planes A321neo
Nile Air company has requested to purchase the most recent single-aisle airbus planes, model A321neo. The company made the purchase request to the European manufacturing company for the model A321ceo in April, as an upgrade from A321neo. CEO of the company, Ahmed Ali, said that Nile Air is the first airline company in Egypt …

Airbus in new delivery record
European plane maker Airbus has logged a new delivery record for its commercial aircraft segment – not enough, though, to beat US rival Boeing. Airbus said it stood ready to ramp up its production in the future.Airbus announced Wednesday it delivered a record 688 commercial planes to customers around the globe in 2016. The company …

4 passengers injured in stampede after false fire alarm on EgyptAir plane
Egypt will soon announce a new security system at airports, say officials in Civil Aviation Ministry

In Video: What we know so far about the Emirati aeroplane

Fire on board more likely than terrorism scenario in EgyptAir crash
Aviation and navigation take priority over ground communication in an in-flight emergency, says safety and accident investigation professor

Egypt’s presidency mourns MS804 flight victims, Armed Forces locate debris
Army says it has located debris as well as personal belongings of the passengers

A320 is the most secure aircraft model: Airbus
Aircraft manufacturer Airbus said in a statement that its A320 is the most secure aircraft model with 12,499 orders and 7,020 deliveries to date. The first A320 entered service in 1988. In April 2016, over 10m passengers travelled on board A320 models, with more than 2.5m passengers per day. To date, the entire fleet has …

In Cartoon: When the EgyptAir Plane was hijacked…..

Inaccuracy, misinformation characterise state’s coverage of EgyptAir plane hijacking
The Minister of Civil Aviation requested that journalists not ask questions that would not aid the investigation or “security work” in the situation

UPDATE: Cyprus announces hijacker as Seif Eddin Mostafa
Minister of Civil Aviation says three passengers and four crew members are held hostages

UPDATE: Cypriot officials say there are no explosives on the hijacked plane
At least 49 passengers were freed, says the Cypriot president
UPDATE: Passengers freed from hijacked EgyptAir plane except for four foreigners and crew
Hijacker first demanded the pilot to head to Turkey before the plane was rerouted to Cyprus

Voice recorder from Russian plane to be sent to Germany for spectral analysis
The wreckage of the crashed Russian plane was moved to Cairo airport this week for further studying

Egypt to release preliminary report on plane investigation: Russian agency
Russia confirms receiving data on the plane crash from the US

National Security Council expands counter-terrorism strategies
The meeting was held for the first time on Monday with President Al-Sisi

Russian plane crash ‘terrorist attack’: Federal Security Service director
Homemade 1 kg TNT device was detonated during the flight

Study of Russian plane crash debris at final stage: Putin
Turkish Airlines suspend its flights to Sharm El-Sheikh until 30 November

Russian experts need 2 weeks to ‘audit’ Egyptian airports
15,000 Russian tourists have been evacuated from Egypt over Saturday and Sunday

Tens gather in Qaliubiya village following death of conscript
Qaliubiya Governor said a school in the village was named after the killed conscript

No evidence that bomb caused Metrojet plane crash: Russian agency
Al-Sisi and Putin agree to re-establish flights as soon as possible

17 children among 100 bodies removed from Russian aircraft
Putin orders his Ministry of Emergency Situations to send rescue planes to Egypt

Russian aircraft crashed in Sinai
Prime minister forms crisis committee to address accident
Possible MH370 plane part arrives in France for testing
A piece of plane debris that washed up on an Indian Ocean island has arrived in France for analysis. Investigators believe the part belongs to flight MH370, which went missing more than a year ago. An Air France flight transporting the piece of wreckage from the French island of Reunion landed at Orly airport in …

Suez Canal investment opportunities still unclear: Canadian Chamber Chairman
Once details are provided, we’ll see what could be interesting for Canadian investors, says Ezzeldin

11 dead as Libya military plane crashes in Tunisia
The whole plane was completely burnt out.

Two arrests after UK fighter jets escort Pakistani plane
Police said the men were detained on suspicion of endangering an aircraft after the plane was diverted to Stansted airport outside London