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10th August 2009, 12:50 PM
By Simon Hradecky, created Sunday, Aug 9th 2009 17:40Z, last updated Sunday, Aug 9th 2009 18:53Z
An Ariana Afghan Airlines Boeing 727-200, flight FG-331 from Kabul (Afghanistan) to Urumqi (China), prompted Chinese Authorities to deploy 110 police vehicles, 120 ambulances and uncounted fire engines to Urumqi Airport, when the flight was due to arrive after a bomb alert around 6pm local time.
Authorities reportedly had therefore denied the airplane to enter Chinese Airspace and deployed massive forces to Urumqui airport to prevent the airplane from landing.
Chinese Authorities confirmed just before midnight local time but retracted later, that the airplane had arrived in Urumqi and explosives had been found and defused on board. They had reported earlier, the airplane had been hijacked by a passenger threatening to blow the airplane up.
Chinese News agencies reported later, the airplane landed in Kandahar (Afghanistan). NATO forces in Afghanistan however say, they are not aware of any such incident.
Afghan Air Traffic Control and police sources say, there was no threat to the airplane at all and the airplane had been turned back due to incomplete paperwork.
Urumqi returned to normal operations after midnight. The whereabout of the airplane is unclear at this time.
http://avherald.com/h?article=41dfd20a&opt=0
Lets assume there was explosives onboard. Is that really an ethical response from China trying to prevent the aircraft from landing and making it someone elses problem?
I would have thought the abmulance and fire trucks would have been to help any injured passengers in the event of a detonation, not an attempt to block the runway or prevent access.
I know for a fact if a flight bound for Sydney was suspected of having a bomb onboard it is in our Aussie nature to get it down and help everyone survive.
An Ariana Afghan Airlines Boeing 727-200, flight FG-331 from Kabul (Afghanistan) to Urumqi (China), prompted Chinese Authorities to deploy 110 police vehicles, 120 ambulances and uncounted fire engines to Urumqi Airport, when the flight was due to arrive after a bomb alert around 6pm local time.
Authorities reportedly had therefore denied the airplane to enter Chinese Airspace and deployed massive forces to Urumqui airport to prevent the airplane from landing.
Chinese Authorities confirmed just before midnight local time but retracted later, that the airplane had arrived in Urumqi and explosives had been found and defused on board. They had reported earlier, the airplane had been hijacked by a passenger threatening to blow the airplane up.
Chinese News agencies reported later, the airplane landed in Kandahar (Afghanistan). NATO forces in Afghanistan however say, they are not aware of any such incident.
Afghan Air Traffic Control and police sources say, there was no threat to the airplane at all and the airplane had been turned back due to incomplete paperwork.
Urumqi returned to normal operations after midnight. The whereabout of the airplane is unclear at this time.
http://avherald.com/h?article=41dfd20a&opt=0
Lets assume there was explosives onboard. Is that really an ethical response from China trying to prevent the aircraft from landing and making it someone elses problem?
I would have thought the abmulance and fire trucks would have been to help any injured passengers in the event of a detonation, not an attempt to block the runway or prevent access.
I know for a fact if a flight bound for Sydney was suspected of having a bomb onboard it is in our Aussie nature to get it down and help everyone survive.