Hijacked plane forced to Sudan

Hijackers forced a plane carrying about 70 Eritreans from Libya to land in the Sudanese capital today before surrendering to security forces, according to a UN refugee agency official.

Michael Lindenbauer, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees deputy representative in Khartoum, said the plane had left southern Libya bound for Eritrea when unidentified hijackers forced the passenger plane to land in Sudan.