Negotiating with these two hijackers who said they had grenades and were threatening to blow up this plane. But they were able to negotiate first the passengers off. We saw the women and children going first, then later they released the men, 111 passengers, then finally they were able to negotiate with the hijackers and get them off as well as the crew. We are hearing from maltese officials the hijackers have been apprehended. Right now they are trying to learn exactly what were the motives behind this hijacking and from the video that we have been watching as this event has unfolded, at one point we saw one of the hijackers walk outside with a green flag. For people who have been following libya, the green flag is the former flag of gadhafi, the leader of libya until 2011 when he was then overthrown in a civil war. This seems like it could have some political elements to it at this moment. Right now, though, officials glad that it ended peacefully. No one was hurt and now they are lo
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