BILL HEMMER, CNN ANCHOR: A hijacked Afghan airliner with more than 160 hostages on board is now sitting on a runway at a London airport after layovers in three different countries, this past weekend. CNN's Richard Blystone covering that story about 25 miles north of central London -- Richard.</s>RICHARD BLYSTONE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: And the 13th hour of the British chapter of this hijacking. Planes are taking off overhead, you can hear right now. Behind me, that blue and white plane is one that the British authorities are saying is not going to take off until this hijacking is over. From another vantage point, you can see live pictures of two vans parked near the tail of the plane. There, rear doors have been open and people have been seen carrying out boxes, leaving them near the open aft door of the airplane. It looks like to us a food delivery, although the police press office tells us it can't tell us what exactly is going on. It's been a couple of hours now since those five hostages were released here. That was two children out of the 23 on board, two men and one woman. The police say that they are still negotiating with the hostage-takers, the hijackers, but they won't tell us anything about what has been going on. About the time of the release they said it was a very sensitive situation at that point. So, the drama goes on, and the police say one thing is that they're not going to let the plane leave until it's over. Richard Blystone, CNN, live at Stansted Airport outside London.</s>HEMMER: All right, Richard.
British Police Say Hijacked Afghan Airliner Will Not Leave Airport