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To cairo. It was diverted to cyprus. It landed safely at larnaca airport. Now several foreigners and sevenmember crew remain on board. The egyptair Ministry Says there were 20 non egyptians. We do not know the nationalities of those still on the plane as negotiations with the hijacker continue. The motive related to this is the hijackers exwife. Not terrorism. I want to bring in cnns ian lee. He has been following the story as it has unfolded from cairo. Ian, tell us what we know about the hijacker and what appears to be the motive for taking command of this flight. Reporter this basically the facts we have at this hour. This plane took off at 6 30 a. M. It was going from alexandria to here in cairo. That is about a 45minute flight. During the flight, a man said he had an explosive belt and demanded that the pilot divert to somewhere in europe or istanbul. Somewhere other than the final destination. This is according to the officials. The pilot said he did not have enough fuel and they

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