Officials are negotiating with the hijackers of a Russian plane which is holding 162 hostages at a Saudi airport.

The hijackers of a Russian plane which is holding 162 hostages at a Saudi airport are claiming to have a bomb on board.

The Russian passenger plane hijacked after taking off from an Istanbul airport is heading to Medina in Saudi Arabia.

Two Chechens have hijacked a Russian airliner with more than 160 passengers on board soon after it took off from Istanbul.