On April 7, Air China (hereinafter referred to as Air China) was scheduled to fly from Xiamen, Fujian to Wuhan, Hubei on a flight when a passenger claimed there was a bomb on board, causing the plane to turn back.
On April 8, Air China’s official microblogging site reported that on April 7, flight CA8228 (Xiamen, Fujian to Wuhan, Hubei) encountered illegal interference after takeoff, and the aircraft returned to Xiamen Airport, where the passengers involved were transferred to the police. After that, the flight security check and normal flight.
The briefing did not disclose the specific reference to “illegal interference”.
On April 8, Air China’s official microblogging service issued a notice saying that the flight turned back on April 7. (Screenshot from Weibo)
According to reports on the Internet and in the mainland media, the reason for the turnback of the Air China flight was that at 10:35 p.m. that night, a passenger claimed there was a bomb on board the plane, and the flight then returned to Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport. After an inspection, no explosives were found on the plane and the passenger was taken to the public security unit. After that the flight took off again.
Upstream news guide, shortly after takeoff, a middle-aged man shouted “there is a bomb on the plane” three times in a row, which scared many passengers awake. A number of passengers said, about half an hour after the plane emergency return to Xiamen landing. 8 nearly 5 a.m., the flight re-flown to Wuhan.
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