The passengers of the recent hijacked Libyan plane that was forced to land in Malta, arrived in Tripoli, Libya, on Saturday.
The state news agency reports that the passengers looked healthy as they disembarked an Afriqiyah Airways airliner that had transported them from Malta.
It says several government officials welcomed the passengers on their arrival at Mitiga airport in eastern Tripoli, not specifying their number.
An Afriqiyah Airways jet with 111 passengers and a six-member crew was hijacked on Friday when it was on a domestic flight from Sebha in southern Libya to Tripoli.
Two Libyan hijackers forced the Airbus A320 to divert to Malta.
After four hours on the Mediterranean Island, the hijackers surrendered and all the passengers and crew left the aircraft unharmed.
The Maltese government later revealed that the hijackers had used fake weapons.
Maltese Prime Minister Joseph Muscat rejected media reports that the hijackers had asked for asylum in his country.
Libya descended into chaos since the 2011 overthrow of former President Muammar Gaddafi in an armed revolt.
The oil-rich country is divided between two rival administrations; one backed by the United Nations in Tripoli and the other in the eastern city of Tobruk.(dpa/NAN)
Support PREMIUM TIMES' journalism of integrity and credibility
Good journalism costs a lot of money. Yet only good journalism can ensure the possibility of a good society, an accountable democracy, and a transparent government.
For continued free access to the best investigative journalism in the country we ask you to consider making a modest support to this noble endeavour.
By contributing to PREMIUM TIMES, you are helping to sustain a journalism of relevance and ensuring it remains free and available to all.
TEXT AD: To advertise here . Call Willie +2347088095401...
![Fruit and vegetable market in Nelspruit - Mpumalanga, South Africa. [CREDIT: Picture Kitchen/Alamy Stock Photo]](https://i1.wp.com/media.premiumtimesng.com/wp-content/files/2021/09/2021-09-16-iss-today-sa-food-system-banner.jpg?resize=120%2C86&ssl=1)
![911 ISS today image [PHOTO CREDIT: Amelia Broodryk/ISS]](https://i1.wp.com/media.premiumtimesng.com/wp-content/files/2021/09/911-iss-today-image.png?resize=120%2C86&ssl=1)
![President of Kenya's Court of Appeal Daniel Musinga flanked by Lady Justice Roselyn Nambuye and Lady Justice Hannah Okwengu August 20, 2021. [Credit: REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya]](https://i1.wp.com/media.premiumtimesng.com/wp-content/files/2021/09/2021-09-10-iss-today-kenay-court-banner.jpg?resize=120%2C86&ssl=1)
![Israeli Ambassador to Ethiopia, Burundi, and Chad Aleli Admasu with the AU Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat. [PHOTO CREDIT: Asharq Al-Awsat]](https://i2.wp.com/media.premiumtimesng.com/wp-content/files/2021/09/ISS-Today-image-scaled-e1631180328351.jpeg?resize=120%2C86&ssl=1)
JOIN THE CONVERSATION