31 March,2016 07:13 AM IST | | Agencies
A British man has shot to fame after clicking the selfie of a life time with the hijacker of the EgyptAir jet during the hostage drama in Cyprus, an act he said was aimed at staying cheerful
An Aberdeen man posed for a photo with a hijacker (L) who used a fake suicide belt to take control of the plane
London: A British man has shot to fame after clicking "the selfie of a life time" with the hijacker of the EgyptAir jet during the hostage drama in Cyprus, an act he said was aimed at staying "cheerful".
An Aberdeen man posed for a photo with a hijacker (L) who used a fake suicide belt to take control of the plane. Pic/Twitter
Benjamin Innes was one of the last captives to be released by Seif al-Din Mustafa during yesterday's six-hour hijacking episode.
Innes (26) was rapped by security experts last night for risking passengers' lives with his astonishing hijack photo.
Innes took his chance to take "the selfie of a lifetime" during the deadlock, which saw the jet surrounded by heavily armed troops. The health and safety auditor from Leeds said, "I'm not sure why I did it, I just threw caution to the wind while trying to stay cheerful in the face of adversity. I figured if his bomb was real I'd nothing lose anyway, so took a chance to get a closer look at it."
