Egypt inquiry into cockpit storming incident
Flight 462 was on a charter flight from Riyadh, to Alexandria’s Borg El Arab airport with 150 passengers on board.
The flight landed safely in Alexandria and the man was detained by police, according to a statement. The man was later found to be unarmed.
International media had erroneously reported that the aircraft was linked with EgyptAir leading to furious reaction from the national carrier.
In a statement EgyptAir said: ““A lot of news was published with EgyptAir in head of the news. Mentioning the company’s name in this story causes much confusion to the readers and customers of the company worldwide, it will defames the status of the company, which is unacceptable. Stories relating the incident to EgyptAir are entirely untrue,””
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