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Air China plane makes an emergency landing

Flight attendant taken hostage by a passenger

The Air China Airbus A321-213 (registration: B-6555) taken off yesterday at 08:41 (local time) from the "Changsha-Huanghua" airport in the Hunan province, was forced to an emergency landing. As explained by the Chinese civil aviation, the aircraft bound for Beijing was diverted to the international airport "Zhengzhou-Xinzheng", in the province of Henan (central China), due to an "illegal interference"....

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Zhengzhou, China, 04/16/2018 00:15
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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