The two hijackers who have forced a Libyan passenger jet to land in Malta have said they will release all the 118 passengers if their demands are met, Maltese media reported, but there is no clarity yet on what are the demands of the duo who are being described as militants loyal to slain Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.
All passengers were freed from a hijacked plane in Malta on Friday, but some crew remained on board with hijackers believed to be loyalists of late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.
The aircraft was on an internal flight in Libya on Friday morning when it was diverted to Malta, 500 km (300 miles) north of the Libyan coast, after a man told crew he had a hand grenade.
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