Women and children 'released from hijack plane'

All the women and children have been released from a Russian plane which has been hijacked and forced to land at a Saudi airport.

All the women and children have been released from a Russian plane which has been hijacked and forced to land at a Saudi airport.

Two Chechen men, who claim to have a bomb aboard the plane carrying 174 people, made demands after it left Istanbul and dived 10,000ft as one of the men struggled with a pilot.

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