Security sources said that no explosives were found on board EgyptAir passenger plane that was hijacked on Tuesday and forced to divert to Cyprus. 

Earlier in the day, an EgyptAir Airbus A320, carrying 56 passengers, seven crew members and a security guard on board, was hijacked and forced to land at Larnaca Airport in Cyprus.

A well-placed source at Egypt's flag carrier airline said in a statement that flight MS181 passenger plane was originally travelling from Alexandra's Borg El Arab Airport to Cairo.

Source: MENA