Ben Innes (right.) Asked to make photo with the abductor before being released
The event itself was already unusual enough: the passenger of an airplane kidnaps a flight EgyptAir between Alexandria and Cairo (Egypt), with 62 people on board, to go to Larnaca, Cyprus, where his ex -wife, and give her a letter.
Releasing tension and fright, everything worked out after five hours of kidnapping, with the arrest of the man, the Egyptian Seif Eldin Mustafa, and the release of all passengers and crew retained by him.
But, behold, shortly after the confusion, an interview makes this story even more bizarre: before being released by the kidnapper, one of the passengers asked to be photographed next to him, and a hell of a smile.
British Ben Innes, 26, revealed his motives and the photo to the British newspaper "The Sun".
"I thought that if the bomb was real, I would have nothing to lose it," said the young man.
Announcing the abduction, the Egyptian Mustafa showed the waist which claimed to be a belt with explosives. In fact, no more than a kludge imitating artifacts used by terrorists, but Innes passenger wanted to "take a closer look."
"I asked one of the crew to translate for me and I asked him [the kidnapper] if I could make a selfie with him. He did an OK to the shoulders, so I was at his side and smiles at the camera while the Commissioner for board made the picture. It should be the best selfie of all, "Innes told the newspaper.
Suspecting that the explosives were fake, the passenger returned to his seat and thought about what he might do next. Then decided to send a message to his mother and the photo to friends, boasting about done.
"I thought, why not If they blow it, it will not make a difference anyway?".
In the end, all were unharmed, Mustafa was arrested, Innes had his moment of fame (and a lot of criticism for putting at risk the lives of other hostages), but no one said so far if the letter reached its destination and what it it was written.
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