EgyptAir Flight MS181 was diverted to Cyprus from Egypt after being hijacked on 29 March 2016
Hijacker told the pilot he had an explosives belt
Most passengers were immediately freed but a number were held on board
They eventually left the plane - one making a dramatic jump from a cockpit window
The crisis ended with the arrest of the alleged hijacker
Authorities now say they will question the "unstable" suspect over his motives
This still shows one person escaping from the plane via the cockpit window. The person clambered on to a structure before jumping to the ground and jogging away from the plane towards safety.
Image source, TV grabCypriot TV pictures from moments ago show someone jumping out of the plane from the cockpit window, after three people left the plane via the staircase.
The hijacking of an EgyptAir plane has been a fast-moving story, with many unconfirmed reports circulating about the hijacker and his motives.
Here's a summary of what we know at this time:
Nikolas Zannetos, a Cypriot journalist who is at Larnaca airport, tells us that journalists have been told to move back from their vantage point 500m (547 yards) from the plane and are now one kilometre away. But he says the police say it is a precautionary measure, with no confirmation that any explosives are on board the plane.
Image source, EPAA police sniper keeps watch at Larnaca airport, while Cypriot security forces drive past the hijacked EgyptAir Airbus A-320 parked on the tarmac.
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Image source, AFPBBC producer Rebecca Bailey is at Larnaca airport in Cyprus.
She says less travelers are turning up at the airport now, as flights have been put on hold, but that there are people who have been stranded there "for hours and hours".
"It's remarkably calm. You can see straight through to the departures gate. It's just like a complete ghost town," she says.
Journalists have found it difficult to speak to passengers that have left the plane, she adds, with conflicting reports about where they are being held.
BBC News assistant political editor tweets:
Here is some video from Egyptian Civil Aviation Minister Sherif Fathy's press conference earlier.
Egyptian Civil Aviation Minister Sherif Fathy: Seven people still on Egypt hijack plane
Cypriot media are reporting a different demand on the part of the hijacker. They say he is a former Egyptian army soldier opposed to Egyptian President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi and is demanding the release of female prisoners in Egypt. The BBC's Ranyah Sabry in Cairo cautions that official confirmation of such reports is needed.
The Cypriot foreign affairs ministry has named the hijacker in a tweet, without offering any more details about his identity.
Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades appeared to see the funny side of the situation during an earlier joint press conference.
"It's not something which is to do with terrorism, you know what I mean," he tells reporters, before starting to chuckle.
"Always there is a woman involved," he adds, with more laughter as he walks out of the room.
Earlier reports suggested the hijacker had demanded to see his estranged wife, who lives in Cyprus.
Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades: "There is always a woman involved"
Image source, AFPTwo men are photographed leaving the plane with their hand luggage
Image source, AFPPassengers were transported by bus. Images of the scene appear to show people responding calmly
Image source, AFPIt is understood all the passengers now off the hijacked plane are being interviewed by authorities
Seven hostages remain aboard the plane, Egyptian civil aviation minister Sherif Fathy just said at a news conference.
They are the captain, a co-pilot, a female crew member, a security officer and three passengers.
Mr Fathy did not reveal the nationalities of the passengers nor the identity of the hijacker.
Image source, AFPMost passengers have been allowed to disembark from the plane
Egypt's foreign ministry spokesperson denies making comments to the Guardian, which earlier quoted officials as calling the hijacker "an idiot, not a terrorist".
Journalist Ruth Michaelson, who had quoted the officials, responded that "no one said it was the spokesperson".
EgyptAir reports on its website that 56 passengers, seven crew members and one "security member" were aboard the plane when it left Alexandria.
The airline previously tweeted that 81 passengers had been on board.
Egypt's civil aviation ministry has said the foreign passengers included eight Americans, four Britons, four Dutch nationals, two Belgians, a French national, an Italian, two Greeks and one Syrian. It said three other foreigners were yet to be identified.
Image source, EgyptAirA news conference with Egypt's civil aviation minister has recently ended - but with as many new questions as answers, says the BBC's Jonny Dymond.
It had appeared that this crisis was coming to an end, our correspondent says - but this news conference suggests that it is far from resolved.
Cairo-based journalist Ruth Michaelson is quoting Egyptian officials as describing the hijacker as "an idiot".
The aviation official holding the news conference responded angrily to a press question about possible security lapses.
He said: "Do you really think this is the time to talk about other issues?"
A BBC fixer in Cyprus says no flights are arriving or departing, and all planes are being diverted. Check-in staff told her they have been told to divert passengers to buses outside the airport, who are being taken to Paphos on the south-west coast. All passengers on the hijacked plane have been taken away to be interviewed, she adds.
The minister says they do not know whether the explosives belt the hijacker claimed to be wearing was real or not.
"We didn't know if it was real, but we dealt with it as if it was real," he said.
He will not name those still aboard the plane and states that the hijacker has so far made no concrete demands.