Hijack prevented in China tests country’s gigantic expansion of its aviation fleet
China says plane hijack attempt thwarted

Six members of China’s Uighur minority tried to hijack a plane flying from a restive city in the far-western Xinjiang region on Friday but crew members and passengers thwarted them, authorities said. The plane returned safely to the airport in Hotan city — which has seen a spate of violent clashes. | Democracy, elections, and voting at Democracy Chronicles