Hijackers have surrendered after allowing all passengers and crew to walk off an Afriqiyah Airways flight in Malta.
The prime minister of Malta, Joseph Muscat, confirmed that all 111 passengers and seven crew are now off the aircraft and the hijackers have been taken into custody.
The hijackers, named as Suhah Mussa and Ahmed Ali, allowed a group of 25 people to leave first that included women and children.
Initial reports said two hijackers had hand grenades and threatened to blow up the aircraft with 111 passengers and seven crew on board.
The Libyan passenger aircraft, was on an internal flight from Sabha in southern Libya to Tripoli when it was diverted to Malta.
An airport security official said the pilot had told Tripoli airport that the plane was being hijacked before communications were lost.
He said: "The pilot reported to the control tower in Tripoli that they were being hijacked, then they lost communication with him.
"The pilot tried very hard to have them land at the correct destination but they refused."
Passengers included 82 males, 28 females and an infant.
A Malta airline official said the plane had first headed towards Malta but turned back towards Tripoli before then flying to Malta.
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