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Region: Greater Middle East

            Communists Strike
            China Airlines flight 1080 bursts into flames in an alleged terrorist attack
            May 29th

When China Airlines Flight 1084 took off from Taoyuan International Airport, the 174 people on board didn't expect this flight to be their last.

The Boeing 737-800 took off from the national capital at 8am this morning en route to Manila. Forty minutes into the flight, as the plane was about to leave Chinese airspace, Huang De and Wang Zedong (both 20) made their way to the cockpit. The two men entered the cockpit, before holding the pilot and co-pilot hostage. The men demanded that they be flown to Kaohsiung, which the pilots obeyed.

The pilot and co pilot, Hsu Yan-ting and Lin Chia-ming were praised for being so calm in their final hours, deciding not to alert the flight to any suspicious activity, and complying with the terrorists requests while calling for help. Some of the last words on the black box recorder came from Lin, who alerted the cabin that they "may not make it to Manila today."

The aircraft landed safely, and got to the gate, without any hassle. While the terrorists originally planned on letting everyone off the plane before keeping the crew as hostage, Wang's observation of a police car outside the plane changed his mind. Hsu's comment that "everything was going to turn out alright" to Lin was the last comment on the black box recorder, before two gunshots are heard. Huang and Wang left the cockpit to get their bags, and walked to the front of the plane. Huang went to the intercom, where he spoke six short words; "I will blow this plane up."

It is understood that explosives were smuggled into the plane by a baggage handler working with the two men. The plane quickly burst into flames, killing everyone inside. Firefighters spent 3 hours trying to put out the intense flames, and all 174 on board died. The two men are known to police, having ties to the Chinese Communist Party and communist street gang 'Chinese Chekas.' It is unknown what the motive of the attack was, but it has been suspected to have been politically motivated.

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