Another China Flight Hijacked
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TAIPEI, Taiwan — With their 11-year-old daughter in tow, a Chinese couple hijacked an airliner to Taiwan on Tuesday, saying they needed shelter because Chinese authorities demolished their home, the government said.
The hijacking was the third this month and the 10th since April. It underscored a rash of air piracy attempts that has bedeviled relations between the two sides.
The Chinese-made Yun-7 of Fujian Airlines, carrying 42 passengers and eight crew members, was seized on a domestic flight from Ganzhou to Xiamen.
A government statement said that Luo Changhua, a Ganzhou trading company manager, brandished what he claimed were explosives while his wife, Wang Yuying, produced a note threatening to blow up the plane.
The bomb turned out to consist of batteries, wires and a matchbox.
The airliner later returned to China, minus the couple and child.
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