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Sudanese plane hijacked in Darfur
A Sudanese airliner has been hijacked shortly after take-off from Nyala, in Darfur region, Sudanese civil aviation officials have said.
The plane was on its way to Khartoum, but has landed in Libya, after first trying to land in Cairo, reports say.
Aviation officials in Khartoum told the BBC the plane belonged to Sudanese airline Sun Air and there were 95 people on board.
The officials said members of a former Darfur rebel group were on the plane.
A Sudanese security official said a man with a knife had hijacked the plane, The Associated Press news agency reported.
Aviation officials said the plane, a Boeing 737, had landed at the Libyan oasis town of Kufra, in the desert near the border with Sudan.
A Sudanese airliner has been hijacked shortly after take-off from Nyala, in Darfur region, Sudanese civil aviation officials have said.
The plane was on its way to Khartoum, but has landed in Libya, after first trying to land in Cairo, reports say.
Aviation officials in Khartoum told the BBC the plane belonged to Sudanese airline Sun Air and there were 95 people on board.
The officials said members of a former Darfur rebel group were on the plane.
A Sudanese security official said a man with a knife had hijacked the plane, The Associated Press news agency reported.
Aviation officials said the plane, a Boeing 737, had landed at the Libyan oasis town of Kufra, in the desert near the border with Sudan.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7582975.stm
