| 22 passengers who help foil the Xinjiang airplane hijack are rewarded! | |
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| Jul 10, 2012 02:43 |   |
 | 22 passengers are today rewarded to take Hainan Airline for free for their whole life time. They helped the crew foil a hijack on a flight in Xinjiang on June 29th by 6 "East Turkistan" terrorists who some western countries are vague with. We highly appreciate what Hainan Airline has done to these brave passengers. If failed, the consequences may be even worse. Fortunately, they succeeded, compared with tragic 9.11. What’s your idea? If you were on that flight, would you stand up fighting against the hijackers or sit there quietly waiting for help? |
| Jul 10, 2012 11:56 | #1 |
| The hijackers were heavily armed? Wan |
| Jul 15, 2012 03:12 | #2 |
| Wan, They were not heavily armed according to the news report. They just dismantled their walking sticks and then used the iron sticks to fight the people and open the cockpit. Also, they brought lighter, match sticks and primer detonator. How could they took these things to board the plane? |
Last edited by LAUGH: Jul 15, 2012 03:16 |
| Jul 15, 2012 15:57 | #3 |
| Probably just a budding snatch thieves who wanted to elevate their profession, not real hijackers. Should they be real ones, those passengers wouldn't have the chance to survive as they could have detonated the plane. Dear Laugh, sometimes airport authority doesn't screen well on things passengers bring with them. I used to bring along my walking stick when I hurt my right leg, the security just let me walked through the security gate rather than scanning it through the machine. With metal walking stick, I could have brought contraband goods, undetected by the security gate. Wan |
| Jul 15, 2012 21:41 | #4 |
| Wan, The authorities claimed that the security men at the airport made no mistakes. They didn't find any explosive when the terrorists passed the security gate. But how did they bring that explosive to the plane? The authorities said they were working on it. They seemed to know how they did it but didn't want to tell the public. Maybe, they are worried that some other people might use the same way to bring some dangerous things to the plane. Why didn't they examine the walking stick? Maybe, there is no rule that requires them to do it. |
| Jul 17, 2012 02:45 | #5 |
| For security reasons, they need to screen or scan everything, that may cause danger to either aircraft or passengers, Laugh. Wan |
| Jul 17, 2012 20:49 | #6 |
| Quote:Originally Posted by WANHU For security reasons, they need to screen or scan everything, that may cause danger to either aircraft or passengers, Laugh.Wan Then why they forgot to scan the walking stick? The guy who pretended to be a disabled man can be nominated for Oscar because no one found out he was a normal man until they tried to hijack the plane. How many security men do they have on a plane? Just one? I just heard that they pretended to be a normal passenger. |
| Jul 18, 2012 17:03 | #7 |
| The presence of airline security guard or sky marshal depends on the need, not all flights need sky marshal(s). Even in the US, sky marshals are used selectively on certain airlines. Wan |
| Jul 18, 2012 20:46 | #8 |
| Quote:Originally Posted by WANHU The presence of airline security guard or sky marshal depends on the need, not all flights need sky marshal(s). Even in the US, sky marshals are used selectively on certain airlines.Wan Wan, According to what I found, Chinese professional full-time sky marshals serve some special airlines. But normal airlines also have pluralistic security men. Usually, there is just one marshal on the plane. In my views, all airlines must have sky marshals to ensure all passengers' safety. |
| Jul 18, 2012 20:59 | #9 |
| Between should and would, Laugh. Providing sky marshal costs money and some airlines just couldn't be bothered to employ especially the low cost carriers. I have heard (but need to be verified) that some of them (operators) instead of flight engineers, they only provide flight technicians instead. Wan |
| Jul 24, 2012 02:16 | #10 |
| Quote:Originally Posted by WANHU Between should and would, Laugh. Providing sky marshal costs money and some airlines just couldn't be bothered to employ especially the low cost carriers. I have heard (but need to be verified) that some of them (operators) instead of flight engineers, they only provide flight technicians instead.Wan Then the airlines give the terrorists a chance to hijack the cheap flights and launch attacks. |
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