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Forum: Military Aviation

11th Sep 2014, 08:23

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Hong Kong hijack by Scots Guards!

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Posted By ShotOne

Agreed, wrathmonk, special circumstances...

Agreed, wrathmonk, special circumstances there...plus, it's fair to say, a pretty generous helping of benefit of the doubt.

The account by huge 72 tallies fairly well with the other sources, the...

Forum: Military Aviation

10th Sep 2014, 10:38

Replies: 21

Hong Kong hijack by Scots Guards!

Views: 9,320

Posted By ShotOne

Thanks for the Glasgow Herald article,...

Thanks for the Glasgow Herald article, Archimedes, that answers my question. I certainly recall that at the time, in the eyes of most HK Chinese, the sentence was regarded as absurdly lenient, given...

Forum: Military Aviation

8th Sep 2014, 08:46

Replies: 21

Hong Kong hijack by Scots Guards!

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Posted By ShotOne

It wasn't kept out of the press - how could it...

It wasn't kept out of the press - how could it have been, whatever the army wanted? Indeed it was a major talking point in HK at a crucial point in the lead up to the joint declaration. But it seems...

Forum: Military Aviation

5th Sep 2014, 08:18

Replies: 21

Hong Kong hijack by Scots Guards!

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Posted By ShotOne

Although it's been written up as a schoolboy...

Although it's been written up as a schoolboy stunt gone wrong, there's no disguising the desperate and lethal intent here. A number of shots were fired along packed HK streets and it's surprising...

Forum: Military Aviation

4th Sep 2014, 21:07

Replies: 21

Hong Kong hijack by Scots Guards!

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Posted By ShotOne

Hong Kong hijack by Scots Guards!

There was an attempted hijacking of a Cathay Pacific TriStar on the ground at Kai Tak airport by two disgruntled Scots guards squaddies ? I think about 1983; they apparently helped themselves to a...

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