Two men who allegedly hijacked a Tianjin Air plane in China have died from injuries sustained during a fight. Posted on 07/03/2012 11:19:42 AM PDT by null and void
Two men who allegedly hijacked a Tianjin Air plane in China have died from injuries sustained during a fight.
TWO men who allegedly tried to hijack a plane in China were beaten to death by passengers and crew.
The men were part of a six-strong gang involved in the foiled hijack of a Tianjin Airlines flight bound for the regional capital of Urumqi last Friday.
Just minutes after the flight took off from Hetian, southwest Xinjiang, the men, all aged between 20 and 36, stood up and announced their plans to terrified passengers.
The gang reportedly broke a pair of aluminium crutches and used them to attack passengers while attempting to break into the cockpit, Hou Hanmin, a regional government spokeswoman said.
They were tackled by police and passengers who tied them up with belts before the plane, carrying 101 people, returned to the airport safely just 22 minutes later.
The men were reported to be Uighurs, the local Muslim ethnic minority. There have been clashes between authorities and Uighurs resentful of government controls over their religion and culture.
Dilxat Raxit, spokesman for the German-based World Uyghur Congress which campaigns for Uighurs’ rights, said that it wasn’t a hijacking attempt, rather an in-flight brawl over a seat dispute.
“We warn China not to use this incident as another excuse for crackdown,” he said in an emailed statement.
Two more suspects are reportedly being treated in hospital after mutilating themselves.
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Hijacking an airline would be virtually impossible in a post 9-11 world, especially if the terrorists are of the muslim persuasion. The passengers will know what is coming if the would be terrorists aren’t taken out...
First time to see that cartoon, EXCELLENT!
Shocking! Not...
Mark Steyn will be deeply saddened........
re: “Dilxat Raxit, ‘We warn China not to use this incident as another excuse for crackdown,’ he said in an emailed statement.”
What a maroon! Good for China and their people on this one. I wonder what would happen legally to the passengers here in the U.S. if we did the same to the hijackers?
Right after 9/11 I don’t think anything would have happened, but now?? After three and a half years of the Obama regime?? If the hijackers were not only Muslim, but black??
Am I the only one who doesn’t believe that the two survivors mutilated themselves?
Yes, as a matter of fact, you are.
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>> The men were reported to be Uighurs, the local Muslim ethnic minority.
I wonder about the race.
And I thought Islam was a Peaceful Religon!!!
Guess Jorge El Segundo had it wrong!! Guess Barack HUSSEIN Obama is just your typical all-around American guy.
Everybody was kung-fu fighting...
I always like a story with a happy ending
“Dilxat Raxit, spokesman for the German-based World Uyghur Congress which campaigns for Uighurs’ rights, said that it wasn’t a hijacking attempt, rather an in-flight brawl over a seat dispute”.
What they fail to mention is that the disputed seat they wanted to sit in was the pilot’s seat.
Good for them.
I still stand by my prediction that one of these “dry runs” they keep attempting is gonna end with a plane landing with at least one dead Muslim aboard.
Uighurs are Asians; they are related to Mongols and Turks. Link.
They would be Holder’s people and therefore intimidating and killing whitey on his airplane would be okay! The would be no prosecution.
They would be Holder’s people and therefore intimidating and killing whitey on his airplane would be okay! The would be no prosecution.
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