The inside of the cabin of a Shenzhen Airlines flight after a man tried to set fire to the cabin as it was landing in southern China on 26 July 2015.PHOTO: WEIBO/@SQSHANE.
BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese authorities have suspended operations at a small regional airport in the country's east, state media reported on Wednesday, after an arson attack aboard a local flight left two passengers injured.
A witness told state broadcaster China Central Television (CCTV) that a man had set fire to a curtain and newspapers in the first class cabin on the flight from the coastal city of Taizhou to the southern metropolis of Guangzhou.
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