Date:	Friday 10 May 2002
Time:
Type:	Boeing 737
Owner/operator:	Xiamen Airlines
Registration:
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Aircraft damage:	None
Category:	UI
Location:	Xiamen Airport (XMN) -   China
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:	Shenzhen-Huangtian Airport (SZX/ZGSZ)
Destination airport:	Xiamen Airport (XMN/ZSAM)
Confidence Rating:	Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities

Narrative:
A man managed to smuggle two knives with blades of 9.5 cm and 7 cm respectively on his right and left feet past airport security check and boarded the aircraft destined for Xiamen. During flight, the perpetrator held a flight attendant hostage and demanded to be flown to Taipei. At the guidance of the pilot-in-command, the crew members responsible for security on board subdued the perpetrator. During trial, he was found to be mentally retarded and was sentenced to 4 years in prison for crimes of air piracy.

Acts of Unlawful Interference - (1996-2004) / ICAO Aviation Security and Facilitation Branch (S&F)

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