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THE MAN who took a selfie with the EgyptAir hijacker while being held hostage was identified tonight as an Aberdeen-based health and safety auditor.

Ben Innes, 26, from Leeds but currently living in Aberdeen, posed with Seif Eldin Mustafa, who hijacked EgyptAir MS181 as it headed to Cairo and forced it to fly to Cyprus with 62 people on board.

A suicide belt Mustafa was wearing at the time later turned out to be fake.

Ben was one of four ‘foreigners’ held hostage along members of the crew in a six-hour standoff at Cyprus’ Larnaca airport.

He was one of the three last remaining hostages seen running across the tarmac in the moments before Mustafa disembarked the plane and surrendered to police just before 1pm yesterday (Tues).

Ben is believed to have approached hijacker Mustafa while being held hostage on the tarmac, and sent it to one of his flatmates as well as other friends.

Last night Ben’s stunned flat-mate in Aberdeen Chris Tundogan said: “I have no idea why he took the selfie but I imagine he probably volunteered to take it as he’s no afraid to shy away from anything,

“I find it pretty mental but that’s just Ben I guess.”