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The hijacker emerged from the aircraft with his hands in the air, state TV said, as reported by Reuters.

"It's over," Cyprus's foreign ministry said in a tweet.

As UNIAN reported earlier, on Tuesday morning, a plane was hijacked after taking off from an airport in Egypt.

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The Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation reported that 55 people were on board, with a crew of 7.

After the EgyptAir plane landed at Larnaca airport, the hijacker released all the people onboard except five foreign passengers and the crew.