An Air China flight bound for Beijing makes an unscheduled landing after a man threatens a flight attendant with a fountain pen, according to the country’s civil aviation authority.
Updated
April 15,2018 19:58:51
A plane passenger has threatened a flight attendant with a fountain pen, forcing an Air China flight bound for Beijing to make an unscheduled landing, according to the country’s civil aviation authority.
In a brief statement on its website, the Civil Aviation Administration of China said a male passenger, who it did not identify, on Air China Flight 1350 attempted to use the pen to hold the flight attendant « under duress ».
Passengers and crew were unharmed, the statement said, without providing any further details.
Chinese police said preliminary investigations found the 41-year-old passenger, identified only by his last name Xu, had a « history of mental illness ».
The flight took off from Changsha, the capital of southern Hunan province, at 8:40am (local time) and was scheduled to arrive at Beijing Capital International Airport at about 11:00am, according to local media reports and flight tracking websites.
