Ben Innes was on the EgyptAir plane that hijacked and diverted to Cyprus yesterday – and he even found time to take a photo with the hijacker.

Seif El Din Mustafa is formally charged with hijacking the EgyptAir flight. He confessed in front of a judge Wednesday, Cyprus police say. Police say the confession amounts to a guilty plea.

The former wife of the EgyptAir hijacker, Seif el-Din Mustafa, has claimed that he is "extremely dangerous", subjected her to domestic abuse during their marriage and was a habitual drug user.

Seif El Din Mustafa gestures as he is transferred by Cypriot police from a court in Larnaca. Yiannis Kourtoglou / Reuters. His wife is still refusing to see him after he hijacked an Airbus A320 ...

Hijacker Seif el-Din Mustafa on his way to court in Cyprus after being arrested by local police Reuters Hijacker of EgyptAir flight M181 Seif el-Din Mustafa, who diverted the A320 airliner to ...

Hijacker Seif el-Din Mustafa on his way to court in Cyprus after being arrested by local police Reuters "He had a letter, he wanted to give it to the authorities over there. He wanted a translator ...

Ben Innes was on the EgyptAir plane that hijacked and diverted to Cyprus yesterday – and he even found time to take a photo with the hijacker.

Seif El Din Mustafa is formally charged with hijacking the EgyptAir flight. He confessed in front of a judge Wednesday, Cyprus police say. Police say the confession amounts to a guilty plea.

The hijacker of an EgyptAir flight who wore a fake suicide belt and threatened to blow the plane up told police: "What's someone supposed to do when he hasn't seen his wife and children in 24 ...