| Date: | Friday 29 June 2012 |
| Time: | 12:35 |
| Type: |  Embraer ERJ 190-100 LR (ERJ-190LR) |
| Owner/operator: | Tianjin Airlines |
| Registration: | B-3171 |
| MSN: | 19000379 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2010 |
| Engine model: | General Electric CF34-10E5 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 101 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | Unlawful Interference |
| Location: | Hotan Airport (HTN) -
 China
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Hotan Airport (HTN/ZWTN) |
| Ürümqi-Diwopu Airport (URC/ZWWW) |
An Embraer ERJ 190 passenger jet returned to Hotan Airport (HTN), China following a foiled hijacking attempt. Tianjin Airlines flight 7554 to Urumqi was en route when three passengers in the front and three in the back stood up and announced a hijacking.
Passengers and crew overpowered the hijackers who were subdued. According to media reports the hijackers carried explosives and had attempted to break into the airplane's cockpit with a crutch.
The flight returned to land at Hotan where the hijackers were apprehended.
Two hijackers later died in hospital from injuries received in the fight with passengers and crew.
Sources:
GSCN.com
CAAC news release
Global Times
Location
Images:
photo (c) Stuart Jessup; Tianjin Airport (TSN/ZBTJ); 03 November 2010
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