26-year-old Ben Innes was one of the few foreigners on Egypt Air flight MS181 from Alexandria to Cairo. When the plane was diverted to Cyprus and held hostage for a six hours on the tarmac, the panic amongst the passengers was palpable.

Innes, a safety auditor, from the UK seemed calm through out and used the opportunity to click a selfie with the hijacker Seif Eldin Mustafa. He later sent it to his flat mate in a string text messages, "You know your boy doesn't f*** about. Turn on the news lad!"

His friends described him to Mail Online as the kind of man who's not afraid to shy away from anything.

Apparently Innes requested the help of a cabin crew member to translate his request for a picture, which Mustafa nonchalantly agreed to. The British national was one of the last few hostages (including the crew and three other foreign nationals) released by the hijacker during the six hour stand off.