雅虎美國站有關新疆劫機事件的新聞（附：網友評論） -

BEIJING (AP) — Passengers and crew foiled a hijacking attempt by six people on a plane in China's far-western Xinjiang region Friday, a regional airline and state media said. An overseas rights group, however, denied a hijacking attempt took place and said a seat dispute triggered an in-air brawl.
The Tianshan regional government's news portal said the alleged hijacking attempt was made just after the plane took off from Hotan in southern Xinjiang for the regional capital of Urumqi and the six suspects were detained after the plane returned safely.
Tianjin Airlines said on its website that the plane returned to Hotan 22 minutes after takeoff. Tianshan did not give further details, such as how many passengers were on the plane or what was known about the suspects.

北京（美國聯合通訊社）——星期五，在中國西部的新疆地區，機組人員和乘客挫敗了一起6人劫機案。然而，一家海外人泉組織否認發生了劫機事件，稱這只是“位置爭議引發的空中打鬥”。
天山區政府的新聞網站稱，從和田飛往烏魯木齊的飛機起飛不久後發生了劫機事件，飛機安全返航後，6名嫌疑人被拘留。
天津航空公司在其網站上稱，飛機起飛後22分鐘就開始返航。天山區網站沒有進一步給出細節，比如機上有多少乘客，嫌疑人的情況等。

Dilxat Raxit, a spokesman for the German-based World Uyghur Congress, said local sources in Hotan told him that the plane turned back after Uighurs and Hans began fighting after a disagreement over seat assignments.
Hans are China's ethnic majority, while a large population of ethnic Uighurs (pronounced WEE'-gurs) lives in Xinjiang. Hotan has been the scene of recent clashes between authorities and Uighurs resentful of government controls on their religion and culture.
The government says China faces an organized terrorist threat from radical Muslim groups in the region and that it has invested heavily to raise living standards in Xinjiang. The investment into developing the region has led to an influx of Han, which has been one source of the tensions there.

總部在德國的“世維會”發言人表示，和田當地消息人士告訴他，維族和漢族因在座位安排上存在爭議而出現打鬥，飛機隨後返航。
漢族是中國的主體民族，而新疆居住著大量的維族。和田最近發生了一些沖突事件，起因是維族對政府控制他們的宗教和文化感到憤怒。
政府表示，中國在該地區面臨激進穆斯林群體的有組織恐怖主義威脅，已經投入巨資以提高新疆地區人們的生活水平。隨著投資而來的是漢人的湧入，此舉成為了緊張關系的一個源頭。

The phone listed for Hotan police rang unanswered Friday. A man who identified himself as a police officer and gave only his family name Wang at Xinjiang Department of Public Security said no more information was available.
In 2008, state media reported that a Uighur woman made an unsuccessful attempt to hijack a passenger plane flying to Beijing from Urumqi.
In general, threats to civil aviation in China are believed to be rare.

星期五，撥往和田警局的電話無人接聽。一名自稱姓王的新疆公共安全部門警官表示無法提供進一步信息。
2008年，國家媒體報道稱一名維族婦女企圖劫持一架從烏魯木齊飛往北京的客機，但是失敗了。
一般而言，據信中國民用航空受到的威脅是罕見的。