TRIPOLI - THE hijackers of a Sudanese airliner surrendered to Libyan authorities on Wednesday, several hours after all passengers on board were freed, a Libyan official said.

'They have now surrendered,' the official said from the airport in Kufra, a remote desert oasis in southeastern Libya, where the plane was forced to land on Tuesday.

The two attackers, said to be Darfur rebels, hijacked the plane shortly after take-off from Darfur's main city of Nyala on a flight to Khartoum with 87 passengers on board.

An airport official had said earlier that the hijackers were demanding a flight plan to Paris and fuel. -- AFP