Libya preparing to bring home passengers of hijacked plane
By AFP
24 December 2016 |
5:23 am
Libyan Transport Minister in the government of national reconciliation Mohammad Maatouq says authorities are preparing to bring home passengers who were on board a Libyan passenger hijacked and diverted to Malta.
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