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Attempted Hijacking foiled

What: Tianjin Airlines Embraer ERJ-190 en route from Hotan to Urumqi
Where: Hotan
When: Jun 29th 2012
Who: 9 crew, 92 passengers
Why: Right after takeoff, six passengers on the flight announced a hijacking.

Apparently three were in the front of the plane, and three were in the back.

Passengers and Sky Marshals subdued the hijackers.

Two flight police officers were seriously injured. Two attendants and seven passengers were slightly injured. The six who attempted to hijack the flight were taken into police custody when the captain returned to the airport within sixteen minutes of takeoff.

b>In George’s Point of View

What a tragic, yet heroic story.

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