Yearning to see his lover, man hijacks plane

Larnaca (Cyprus): A man, who wanted to see his ex-lover, hijacked an Egyptian airliner and forced it to land in Cyprus on Tuesday, but nearly all of the passengers were quickly released and officials said the incident was not linked to terrorism. The hijacker,

whose motives were purely personal, was arrested after giving himself up. "The hijacker has just been arrested," Cypriot government spokesman Nicos Christodoulides said on Twitter. Eighty-one people, including 21 foreigners and 15 crew, had been onboard the Airbus 320 flight when it took off.