Incident Overview
Description
Four Chinese nationals, who had earlier hijacked airplanes from mainland China to Taiwan and were being repatriated on a chartered DHC-8 plane. Just before landing at Kinmen (KNH), one of the four men asked to see a Taiwanese official seated in the front of the plane. As the plane was landing, the official was stabbed in the neck with a sharpened part of a metal door handle. The attacker was subsequently overpowered by police, and the flight landed safely. Police later found similar crude weapons and razor blades hidden on the other three prisoners, in the lining of their clothing or in the soles of their shoes. The men reportedly staged an argument among themselves prior to leaving the detention center in order to avoid a body search, which would have revealed their weapons.
Source of Information
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/local/archives/2001/03/05/76222/2, http://www.apnewsarchive.com/1999/China-Plane-Hijacker-Tries-a-Repeat/id-c006ca5738a6620f6082313866ce00a9http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/local/archives/2001/03/05/76222/2, http://www.apnewsarchive.com/1999/China-Plane-Hijacker-Tries-a-Repeat/id-c006ca5738a6620f6082313866ce00a9Primary Cause
Hijacking of a chartered aircraft.Hijacking of a chartered aircraft.Share on:
