Plane hijack attempt foiled

Air crew and passengers on Friday foiled the attempted hijacking of an aircraft with 101 people on board in China's northwestern Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, local police said. Eleven people were injured in the incident.

Six people, all males, tried to hijack Tianjin Airlines' flight GS7554 just 10 minutes after it took off from the Hotan Airport at 12:25 pm en route to the regional capital Urumqi, said officials from the regional public security department.

Two flight police officers were seriously injured, and two attendants and seven passengers were slightly injured in a fight with the hijackers, police said.