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July 26, 2004

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Whereas in many parts of the world an airline hijacking, especially post 9/11, is a massive story, in China it is handled in a time honoured way:

An Air China airliner was hijacked but the incident had been resolved, a spokesman for the Civil Aviation Administration of China said. The plane had been hijacked Monday en route from Beijing to Changsha and had landed in the central city of Zhengzhou, an official at that airport said. The flight, CA1343, a Boeing 737, landed at around 10:00 a.m. (0200 GMT), the Zhengzhou airport official said.

"It has already been handled successfully and we are investigating it," said a spokesman for the Civil Aviation Administration of China. He gave no details of the hijacking or how many people were on board the flight.

End of story. While China has many problems, some things they manage to get right. While you're at it there's an interesting view on the effects of foreign investment in China and how it helps the CCP in the FT.

 posted by Simon on 07.26.04 at 02:14 PM in the




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Was this before or after the morning weather and traffic report?

 posted by: Paul on 07.26.04 at 11:03 PM [permalink]




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