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June 29, 2012 11:18 pm GMT

Heart-Stopping Photos of Attempted Hijacking in China Go Viral


On-Board Struggle




A struggle between hijackers and passengers developed on board the aircraft.

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An attempted airliner hijacking was fought off by passengers in the skies above western China on Friday, and photos of the incident went viral almost immediately on Chinese microblogging service Sina Weibo.

A passenger onboard took the pictures and sent them to Weibo user seland, who uploaded them for all the world to see. They seem to show a struggle between the would-be hijackers and passengers aboard the aircraft, who reportedly subdued and restrained the assailants.

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Six hijackers attempted to take control of the plane early after takeoff over China's Xinjiang provence, a region with a substantial Uighur pop…
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