Chinese air crew prevents terror attack
A Chinese official said a flight crew prevented a planned terrorist act aboard a Chinese jetliner last week.
The incident occurred on Friday morning shortly after the China Southern Airlines flight left the far western city of Urumuqi at 10.35am, said Nur Bekri, the governor of the sprawling western Xinjiang region.
Mr Bekri told a news conference in Beijing on Sunday that the crew responded and brought the plane to an emergency landing in the western city of Lanzhou at 12.40pm with no damage or injuries.
“From what we presently know, this was an attempt to crash the plane,” Mr Bekri said.
