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| Chinese officials say a plane crew prevented an apparent attempt to crash an airliner making a flight from western China to Beijing. | Chinese officials say a plane crew prevented an apparent attempt to crash an airliner making a flight from western China to Beijing. |
| The China Southern Airlines plane landed safely despite an attempt "to create an air disaster," said Xinjiang Governor Nur Bekri. | The China Southern Airlines plane landed safely despite an attempt "to create an air disaster," said Xinjiang Governor Nur Bekri. |
| Few details were given about Friday's alleged attack, which officials said was still being investigated. | Few details were given about Friday's alleged attack, which officials said was still being investigated. |
| Officials have also warned of possible efforts to attack the Beijing Olympics. | Officials have also warned of possible efforts to attack the Beijing Olympics. |
| Friday's flight left the far western city of Urumuqi, in Xinjiang province, Mr Bekri said. | |
| Then there was "an attempt to crash the plane", he said, though he gave no details. | |
| He said the crew responded and brought the plane to an emergency landing in the city of Lanzhou, in neighbouring Gansou province, with no damage or injuries. | |
| Reuters quoted an anonymous source saying inflammable material was found in the plane's toilet, and that at least two passengers on the flight were taken into custody. | |
| There was no confirmation of this. | |
| Meanwhile, a top Communist Party official from the Xinjiang region said that suspected separatists killed in a raid in Muslim-dominated north-west China earlier this year had been planning an attack on the Olympic Games. |