Plane Hijacking Foiled in China's Xinjiang

[ChineseTiger1986]

Air crew and passengers foiled the attempted hijacking of an aircraft Friday noon in China's far west Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, local police said.

Six people tried to hijack Tianjin Airlines' Flight GS 7554 just 10 minutes after it took off from the Hotan Airport at 12:25 p.m. and en route to the provincial capital Urumqi, said a statement from the region's Public Security Bureau.

Crew members and passengers overpowered the alleged hijackers and the plane then flew back and safely landed on the Hotan Airport, said the statement.

The six suspects are now in police custody, it said.

Further investigation is underway.

Plane Hijacking Foiled in China's Xinjiang

 

[Kyusuibu Honbu]

Were the hijackers armed?

 

[ChineseTiger1986]

Were the hijackers armed?

No firearms but knives.

 

[Apóllōn]

Any link to any organization..??

 

[xuxu1457]

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[Splurgenxs]

No firearms but knives.

Hijacking with Knives? OMG HAHAHA..totally spilled my drink

 

[Shardul.....the lion]

MODS: Two threads are running on same topic.

 

[Kyusuibu Honbu]

No firearms but knives.

Very brave of the passengers and crew

 

[kawaraj]

good the plane's safe. crew members and passengers are brave, kudos.

 

[Kyusuibu Honbu]

Hijacking with Knives? OMG HAHAHA..totally spilled my drink

9/11 chaps tried and succeeded doing the same.

 

[shiv]

hijacking with knives ? LOL !! what did they think > that they have the power of al%^h and are superheroes on a holy mission

 

[get straight]

hijacking with knives ? LOL !! what did they think > that they have the power of al%^h and are superheroes on a holy mission

the thought they had powers of hanuman

 

[third eye]

In Chinese airports physical frisking I found was not done even for domestic passengers at least in the sectors I have travelled.

Getting knives across security is serious.

Maybe it should strart.

 

[kawaraj]

In Chinese airports physical frisking I found was not done even for domestic passengers at least in the sectors I have travelled.

Getting knives across security is serious.

Maybe it should strart.

agree. those security guys and girls are shy, they are not as "rude" as those in America.

 

[Götterdämmerung]

Hijacking with Knives? OMG HAHAHA..totally spilled my drink

The guys who hijacked the planes and flew them into the WTC used capet cutters.