The hijack¹ of a domestic Egyptian flight that caused it to be diverted to Cyprus has ended with all hostages released and the hijacker² surrendering.

埃及国内发生一起劫机事件，飞机被迫转向塞浦路斯，最后该事件以劫机者投降，所有人质被释放结束。

EgyptAir Flight MS181 was taken over by a passenger claiming to be wearing a suicideexplosive belt.

埃及航空航班号为MS181的飞机被一名自称携带有自杀性爆炸腰带的乘客劫持。

Airline officials later said they had been told by Cypriot authorities that the belt was fake.

埃及航空官方随后表示塞浦路斯当局告诉他们自杀腰带是假的。

The hijacker’s motives³ remain unclear but the Cypriot president said the incident was not terrorism-related.

劫机者的动机尚不清楚，但是塞浦路斯总统表示该事件与恐怖主义无关。

No-one was injured in the hijacking⁴, Cypriot government spokesman Nikos Christodulides tweeted.

塞浦路斯发言人尼克斯·克里斯多杜里兹在一条推文中表示，此次劫机事件中无人受伤。

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After a morning of tension, the hijacker was seen walking down aircraft steps at Larnaca airport with his hands raised.

经过一早上的紧张对峙后，劫机者在拉纳卡机场高举双手走下飞机。

Some reports said the Egyptian man - named by Cypriot officials as Seif Eldin Mustafa - wanted to talk to his estranged⁵ Cypriot wife who lives on the Mediterranean⁶ island, while others said he was seeking the release of female prisoners in Egypt.

一些报道称这名由塞浦路斯官方确认名叫易卜拉欣·萨马哈的埃及男人想要和他分居许久的妻子对话，他的妻子住在地中海的一个岛上，而另外有报道称该男子想要释放一名埃及女性囚犯。

The hijacker’s surrender came shortly after several people were seen fleeing the aircraft. One - apparently⁷ a crew member - escaped by climbing out of the aircraft’s cockpit window.

在几名机上乘客逃离飞机后，劫机者投降了。其中一名机组人员通过飞机驾驶舱窗口爬出。

In a tweet, the Cypriot foreign ministry⁸ confirmed the end of the crisis: "It’s over. The hijacker arrested."

塞浦路斯外交部长在一条推文中证实了事件的结束：“事情解决了。劫机者已被捕。”

Earlier, Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades had responded to a reporter’s question about whether the hijacker was motivated by romance, by laughing and saying: "Always there is a woman involved."

早前，塞浦路斯总统尼克斯·安娜斯塔西亚兹在回答记者提出劫机者是否受情感问题所困时，他笑道并说：“通常情况下会有女子牵涉其中。”

EgyptAir said the Airbus A320 was carrying 56 passengers from Alexandria to Cairo, along with six crew and a security official. It had initially⁹ said 81 passengers were on board.

埃及航空称客空A320搭载56名乘客，六名机组人员和一名安保人员从亚历山大飞往开罗。而最开始埃及航空称共有81名乘客在飞机上。

A statement from Egypt’s civil aviation ministry said 26 foreign passengers were on board, including eight Americans, four Britons, four Dutch citizens, two Belgians, two Greeks, a French national, an Italian and a Syrian.

埃及国家航空局表示共有26名外国乘客在飞机上，包括8名美国人，4名英国人，4名荷兰人，两名比利时人，两名希腊人，一名法国人，一名意大利人和一名叙利亚人。

Larnaca airport, on the south coast of Cyprus, has been closed and scheduled flights diverted elsewhere.

位于塞浦路斯南海岸的拉纳卡机场进行了封闭并转移了其他航班。