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https://planefinder.net/data/report/MS181-HIJACK
BBC News Channel, 11:04, 29 March 2016 - Interview with Dr Ibrahim Samaha

BBC News Channel

The BBC News channel just said that BBC Arabic journalists interviewed passengers getting off the plane, and they said that cabin crew took their passports, then the plane unexpectedly climbed in altitude, landed in Cyprus, then they were told that the plane had been hijacked. Not sure if this is useful or not. Seagull123 Φ 09:55, 29 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

These details have been included in the article. Thanks. Martinevans123 (talk) 18:50, 29 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

"wearing an explosive belt, later found to be fake"?

Neither of the sources attached to this state that it has been confirmed that the explosives were fake. Indeed, the BBC News article says "it was unclear whether the hijacker had taken explosives on board or whether he was bluffing". Cwmxii (talk) 10:06, 29 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

This source, tagged "Tue, 29 Mar 2016-08:26pm , Cyprus , Reuters" now used in the lede section, says "Cypriot authorities have determined that the belt worn by an Egyptian man who hijacked an EgyptAir plane did not contain explosives." Thanks. Martinevans123 (talk) 18:49, 29 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Protection

Why is this page protected? Since when do we automatically protect articles on the front page? 87.228.158.48 (talk) 11:25, 29 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

We don't. There was a semi-prot request here. I'm not sure it's justified. @Widr: All the best: Rich Farmbrough, 11:40, 29 March 2016 (UTC).[reply]

I asked because we had some odd behavior on the page before, and there was a risk of speculative wars going on. Now that it is resolved, I would have no objection to taking it down. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 12:46, 29 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Removed. Widr (talk) 12:54, 29 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks all. All the best: Rich Farmbrough, 15:03, 29 March 2016 (UTC).[reply]

Thanks. 87.228.158.48 (talk) 15:36, 29 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I agree with protecting articles about a current event such as this while they are happening, because information about it changes fast and is often unreliable. — Preceding unsigned comment added by EvidenceFairy (talk • contribs) 20:54, 29 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Codes footnote

What is fact tag for? EgyptAir's codes or something else? 87.228.174.124 (talk) 21:00, 29 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]