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BREAKING NEWS: Air China CA981 Returns to Beijing Due to "Threat Information"
By Simon Li, WCARN.com | Aug. 29, 2012
On Aug. 29, Air China posted a short message on its Sina Weibo page at 20:18 saying "its flight CA981 has returned to Beijing Capital International Airport (BCIA) for the safety of passengers, and the reason was due to 'threat information'."
According to VeryZhun, a leading flight status information provider in China, CA981, using a Boeing 747-400 jet, was operating a flight from Beijing to New York, it initially departed from Beijing at 13:30, but arrived back in Beijing at 20:26. The carrier expects a new replacement flight to take-off from Beijing at 23:55.
WCARN.com will continue to report on this breaking news as more information becomes available.
Note: All times above are Beijing time.
