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- An EgyptAir plane lands at Larnaca airport in Cyprus after being hijacked
- Seven people, including three passengers, remain on board
- Flight MS181 was on a domestic flight from Alexandria to Cairo
- Hijacker allegedly told the pilot he had an explosive belt
- Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades says the incident is not terror-related