June 29, 2013 Two of six Uighur hijackers were beaten by passengers before they could use a broken crutch to break into the cockpit. The flight was out of Hotan airport in southwest Xinjiang. The World Uyghur Congress countered that it was a fight over a seat dispute, not a hijacking attempt, warning "China not to use this incident as another excuse for crackdown”
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2012/07/03/overpowered-passengers-beat-two-hijackers-to-death-on-chinese-flight/
July 3, 2012 friday is June 29
moral of this story is: Don’t try to hijack a plane in China.
Two would-be plane hijackers were beaten to death by passengers and crew aboard a flight bound for the regional Chinese capital of Urumqi on Friday, The Global Times reports. The men died in the hospital from the injuries they suffered at the hands of those whom they thought would be their victims.
There were a total of six men involved in the foiled plot to hijack the Tianjin Airlines flight. All of the men were reportedly Uyghurs, a local Muslim ethnic minority.
Less than 10 minutes after the plane took off from Hotan airport in southwest Xinjiang, China at 12:25 a.m., the men, aged 20 to 36, announced their intentions to horrified passengers and attempted to storm the cockpit using a “broken crutch” made of aluminum as a weapon.
Dilxat Raxit, a spokesman for the German-based World Uyghur Congress, argues that the incident was only a fight over a seat dispute, not a hijacking attempt, according to News.com.au. “We warn China not to use this incident as another excuse for crackdown,” he said in a statement.
Two of the four living suspects are reportedly being treated in a local hospital after mutilating themselves.
Tianjin Airlines Flight 7554 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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WikipediaHotan is a city with over 360,000 residents, over 97% of them ethnic Uyghur, and is.... "Accident: Tianjin E190 near Hotan on Jun 29th 2012, foiled hijack".- Tianjin Airlines Flight 7554 (Chinese: 天津航空公司GS7554; pinyin: Tiānjīn Hángkōng Gōngsī GS7554) is a scheduled passenger flight between Hotan and Ürümqi in China'sXinjiang region. The aircraft operating this route on 29 June 2012, an Embraer ERJ-190, took off from Hotan at 12:25pm; within ten minutes, six ethnic Uyghur men, one of whom allegedly professed his motivation as jihad, announced their intent to hijack the aircraft, according to multiple witnesses. In response, passengers and crew resisted and successfully restrained the hijackers, who were armed with aluminum crutches and explosives.
The aircraft turned around and landed back in Hotan at 12:45 pm, where 11 passengers and crew and two hijackers were treated for injuries. Two hijackers died from injuries from the fight on board. Overseas Uyghur groups claimed the incident was fabricated or was a dispute over seating, while the Xinjiang government labeled the incident as terrorism. TheCivil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) reviewed Hotan airport's security measures and airport security was escalated in Xinjiang. The incident marked the first serious hijacking attempt in China since 1990, and the first fatal hijacking or attempted hijacking since the September 11 attacks. Xinjiang Hijacking Attempt Thwarted, China Says
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Radio Free AsiaAuthorities are investigating six Uyghurs who allegedly attempted to hijack the flight from Hotan to Urumqi. 2012-06-29. Tweet · Email story. Comment on this ...Hotan hijack foiled after aircraft brawl - Globaltimes.cn
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Global TimesHotan hijack foiled after aircraft brawl. Global Times | 2012-6-30 0:50:05 ... "All six of the hijackers were ethnically Uyghur, and they tried to break into the cockpit ...China sentences three Uighur men to death over alleged plane hijack
Dec 11, 2012 - theguardian.com, Tuesday 11 December 2012 08.44 EST ... alleged plane hijacking attempt in June by members of the minority Uighur ... citing the intermediate people's court in the city of Hotan where the incident occurred.Alleged hijacking in Hotan should be viewed with extreme caution ...
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Jun 29, 2012 - For immediate release. June 29, 2012, 4:45 pm EST Contact: UyghurAmerican Association +1 (202) 478 1920. Official Chinese media reports ...
Official Chinese media reports of an alleged plane hijacking in Hotan by six Uyghurs should be viewed with extreme caution given the lack of available details and independent verification of Chinese sources. As a result, the Uyghur American Association (UAA) urges the international community to dismiss any allegations of an organized Uyghur terror plot stemming from this incident.
State media reported on June 29, 2012 that an attempted hijack of Tianjin Airlines flight GS 7554 bound for East Turkestan’s regional capital, Urumchi, from the southern city of Hotan was made by six Uyghurs 10 minutes into the flight. Xinjiang government spokeswoman Hou Hanmin alleged that the group used a broken crutch to break into the cockpit. The spokeswoman went onto say that the six Uyghurs were overpowered by passengers and crew.
World Uyghur Congress spokesman Dilshat Raxit told AFP that “The Uighurs of Hotan believe that this story about taking hostages is a lie.” He added that the incident on the plane resulted from a fight between Han Chinese and Uyghurs over seat allocations. UAA President Alim Seytoff stated, “the fact that that Chinese authorities are accusing these six Uyghurs of using one broken crutch to carry out the hijacking of a plane should give rise to suspicions over the official version of events.”
Chinese officials regularly exploit incidents between Han Chinese and Uyghurs to evidence an alleged “terror threat” to the Chinese state. Allegations of Uyghur terrorism have received little credibility outside of officially sanctioned Chinese media. UAA is unequivocally opposed to any form of violence and condemns all violent actions; however, the Chinese government regularly makes terror allegations against Uyghurs without producing evidence to back up their claims or allowing investigators to independently verify their version of events.The incident in Hotan follows house-to-house searches, announced on June 7, 2012, that local authorities carried out in the Gujanbagh [Chinese: Gujiangbage] neighborhood of the city and June 11 restrictions on religious clothing placed on Uyghur women in Hotan. Also in June, a raid by Chinese police on a religious school in Hotan led to the injury of 12 Uyghur children. The intensifying repression in June has reportedly escalated tensions in the city. Chinese security officials frequently conduct security crackdowns on the eve of sensitive anniversaries, and the region is due to mark the third anniversary of turbulent unrest in Urumchi on July 5.See also:Passengers and crew foil hijack attempt in China - CNN.com
www.cnn.com/2012/06/29/.../china-plane-hijack-foiled/Passengers and crew members thwarted an attempt to hijack a plane in the western Chinese ... updated 12:52 PM EDT, Sat June 30, 2012 ... Ten minutes into the flight between the cities of Hotan and Urumqi, six people on board the ... Chinese authorities have often blamed militants of Uyghurdescent for outbreaks of ...
CNNChinese Passengers, Crew Thwart Attempted Plane Hijacking - ABC ...
An attempted hijacking of a Chinese passenger plane was thwarted today by crew members and ... Tianjin Airlines Flight 7554 was carrying 100 passengers fromHotan Airport to the regional capital of Urumqi when, ... Jun 29, 2012 8:49am ... told the BBC that the hijackers were from the Uyghur minority group and tried to ... Unrest in Xinjiang, Uyghur Province in China
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Al JazeeraFeb 20, 2014 - On one hand, the heartland of Uyghur areas such as Hotan, Kizilsu.... to Urumqi, was hijacked by six ethnic Uyghur men on 29 June 2012.CHINA Xinjiang: two Hotan "hijackers" die under suspicious ...
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07/03/2012 13:41. CHINA Xinjiang: two Hotan "hijackers" die under suspicious circumstances. Six Uyghurs were arrested last Friday accused of trying to hijack a
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