The Air China plane made an emergency landing in the city of Zhengzhou, Henan Province for security reasons after one of the passengers took the flight attendant as a hostage using a fountain pen as a weapon, according to the Chinese aviation authorities cited by the media.

Beijing-bound Flight 1350 landed in Zhengzhou city at 10 a.m. due to an “illegal interference,” the Zhengzhou city airport said on its account on the microblog Weibo.com.

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