Hijackers surrender after Malta landing

Hijackers surrendered and all passengers were safe after a plane from Libya landed on the Mediterranean island of Malta on Friday with 118 people on board, including seven crew members, Malta's prime minister and government sources said.

The Airbus A320 had been on a domestic Libyan route operated by Afriqiyah Airways from the southwestern city of Sabha to the capital, Tripoli, on Friday morning but was rerouted.

"The Afriqiyah flight from Sabha to Tripoli has been diverted and has landed in Malta. Security services coordinating operations," Malta's Prime Minister Joseph Muscat said on Twitter.