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		</div><p>An alleged hijacker who forced an Egyptian plane to divert to Cyprus and took passengers and crew hostage was wearing a fake suicide vest, officials have confirmed.</p>
<p>The plane was carrying 56 passengers, including 26 foreigners, on an EgyptAir domestic flight from Alexandria to Cairo when a man on board claimed to have an explosive belt.</p>
<p>An Irish national is thought to have been aboard the flight.</p>
<p>Most of those on board were freed shortly after the plane landed at Larnaca airport on the Mediterranean island at 8.50am, before the hijacker held seven people hostage for a number of hours.</p>
<p>The man was arrested minutes after some of those being held were seen walking down the stairs of the plane, with another escaping through a cockpit window before they were led away by security officers.</p>
<p>Officials revealed the explosive vest the man was apparently wearing was not real, the airline said.</p>
<p>EgyptAir said Cypriot authorities at the airport had confirmed &#8220;the explosive belt that the hijacker allegedly said that he was wearing is fake&#8221;.</p>
<p>Pictures posted on the official Facebook page of Egypt&#8217;s Ministry of Interior appears to show the hijacker passing through security before boarding the flight.</p>
<p>The man, circled in red, can be seen loading his bag to be scanned and calmly walking through a detector. He is then frisked by a security official before collecting his bag and walking off.</p>
<p>Another image posted on the page shows a scan taken of his bag, which appears largely empty.</p>
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