Air China flight is forced to divert after passenger 'took a stewardess hostage by holding a fountain pen to her throat'

乘客胁持空姐当人质“用钢笔抵住她的喉咙”，国航航班被迫备降

A flight was forced to divert today after a male passenger took a crew member hostage and held a fountain pen to her throat, aviation souces say.

航空公司称，一名男性乘客胁持一名空姐作为人质并用钢笔抵住她的喉咙，航班被迫备降。

The Air China flight left from Changsha, the capital of the central province of Hunan, at 8.40am.

这趟航空公司的航班于上午8时40分从湖南省省会长沙起飞。

The plane, which was scheduled to land in Beiing by 11am, had to land in Zhengzhou, just after 9.40am.

航班原定上午11点在北京着陆，于上午9点40分备降郑州。

A statement from the Civil Aviation Administration of China said: 'The incident was successfully dealt with by 1:17pm, and passengers and crew members are safe.'

民航局发表声明称：“此次事件已于下午1时17分妥善处理，乘客和机组人员都很安全。”

A photograph posted by China News Service showed a number of firefighters and fire trucks outside Zhengzhou airport.

新闻社发布的一张照片显示，许多消防队员和消防车出现在郑州机场外。

One witness said: 'I think someone uttered a cry, which woke us. Everyone was slee... it was a woman's cry. Nobody knew what was going on.'

一位在场乘客说：“我好像听到有人尖叫了一声，把我们吵醒了。”所有人都在睡觉……那是一个女人的尖叫声。没有人知道发生了什么事。”

The crew managed to keep passengers in their seats while the fiasco unfolded.

事件发生时，机组人员让乘客继续坐在他们的座位上。

Another passenger said flight attendants told passengers they had to land at a different airport but said they had not heard of anything amiss.

另一名乘客说，空乘人员告诉乘客，他们必须备降在另一个机场，但没有听到任何不妥。

英国每日邮报读者评论：

Marshian, Romney Marsh, 22 hours ago

Look, I know it is trite but it has to be said that, On this occasion the Pen was indeed mightier than the sword!

瞧瞧，我知道这是老生常谈，但必须要说的是，在这个场合，笔的确比剑更有力

EU no more, UK, United Kingdom, 22 hours ago

Im sure she donesnt want to make a big deal of this she would rather just have a line drawn under it?

我相信她也不想要小题大做。

John-in-Rye, Rye, United Kingdom, 22 hours ago

That's it then. No pens allowed at check-in anywhere in the world...

就这样吗？以后安检也不能带笔了

Lastonesane, Sanctuary , United Kingdom, 22 hours ago

The pen is mightier than the sword!

笔比剑更有用

Wayne Tyler, Wirral, United Kingdom, 22 hours ago

Next on the list you cannot take on a plane a humble pen

以后不能携带上飞机的物品清单里，又多了一支小小的笔