Cyprus Plane Hijacker Appears In Court

A man accused of hijacking a passenger jet and forcing it to land in Cyprus while strapped with fake bombs has appeared in court.Seif Eldin Mustafa, who has been described by authorities as being "psychologically unstable", was remanded in custody pending an investigation into the incident.
No formal charges were put to the 59-year-old during Wednesday's brief hearing at the District Court in Larnaca, Cyprus.
He is accused of taking over the EgyptAir jet during an internal flight from Alexandria to Cairo.
The Egyptian held four crew members and three passengers hostage during an eight-hour stand-off, claiming he was wearing a suicide belt.
He later freed the group and handed himself in to police after making a series of "incoherent" demands.
Although his motives remain unclear, Cyprus' foreign minister Ioannis Kasoulides said it had not been a terrorist act, but was linked to a "family feud" involving his estranged wife with whom Mustafa has four children.