Emergency negotiations were unfolding this morning after an EgyptAir flight was hijacked en route from Cairo to Alexandria.
But for some Egyptians the hijacking is no cause for panic. After it emerged that the plane was diverted to Cyprus, some have taken to Twitter to express their envy towards passengers who have been unexpectedly airlifted out of the Middle East.
Users tweeted with a hashtag that means “wish I was hijacked with them” to comment that a free trip to Europe seemed a rather a desirable prospect. A worsening political situation and continuing economic hardship means many Egyptians would love to leave their country, with Europe being a preferred destination.
#ياريتني_كنت_معاهم
— Malak Waad (@waad_malak) 29 March 2016
سبحان الله ابقى راكب طايره من القاهره بدل ما تنزل اسكندريه تنزل #قبرص يا ما شاء الله
اللهم #قبرص
How lovely, leave Cairo on a plane and instead of landing in Alexandria you land in Cyprus. Really, how nice for those people
الراجل اللي خطف الطيارة نتمني متكنش أخر مرة #ياريتني_كنت_معاهم
— ahmed helmy (@2006Helmy) 29 March 2016
[To] the guy who hijacked the plane: We hope this won't be the last time!
all Egyptian pray now that they were at this plan to get into cyprus without visa #EgyptAir#ياريتني_كنت_معاهم
— Mohamed Helmy (@MHelmy2410) 29 March 2016
#ياريتني_كنت_معاهم
— Hal . (@luei4) 29 March 2016
Mood : pic.twitter.com/GB307UNoOk
I'll go to any country. Any European country. Arab countries? Yuck. Arabs? Yuck. Europe is friendly
#ياريتني_كنت_معاهم
— المٍُِخرف (@samy_ss73) 29 March 2016
هوا لما يخطفوا المصريين و يوديهم قبرص يبقي دة اسمه خطف؟!
دة حلم كل شاب مصرى!
When he kidnapped the Egyptians and took them to Cyprus... is this still kidnapping? That's the dream of every Egyptian!
