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Chinese PLA gives special permission allowing plane to fly over military No-Fly zone to save a Xinjiang farm boy's arm
On the afternoon of April 30, 2021， A Uygur farm boy's right arm was cut off accidentally by a tractor mechanism in Hotan prefecture's Kumairik village. Surgery was required within eight hours to save the boy's arm.
Dozens of people in different positions in society made a coordinated effort to send the injured boy to the hospital in Urumqi to have surgery to reattach and repair the arm. The last flight to Urumqi — China Southern Airlines Flight CZ6820 — was stopped on the runway and sent back to the terminal pick up the boy. Chinese PLA gave special permission for the plane to fly over the no-fly PLA military zone to save time. He arrived at the hospital in time and his severed limb was successfully reattached. Broken bone fragments were realigned.
rescue mission spanning 1400 kilometers.
This intensive rescue of the ethnic Uygur farm boy tugs heartstrings of millions in China.
Movie based on this story
On the afternoon of April 30, 2021， A Uygur farm boy's right arm was cut off accidentally by a tractor mechanism in Hotan prefecture's Kumairik village. Surgery was required within eight hours to save the boy's arm.
Dozens of people in different positions in society made a coordinated effort to send the injured boy to the hospital in Urumqi to have surgery to reattach and repair the arm. The last flight to Urumqi — China Southern Airlines Flight CZ6820 — was stopped on the runway and sent back to the terminal pick up the boy. Chinese PLA gave special permission for the plane to fly over the no-fly PLA military zone to save time. He arrived at the hospital in time and his severed limb was successfully reattached. Broken bone fragments were realigned.
rescue mission spanning 1400 kilometers.
This intensive rescue of the ethnic Uygur farm boy tugs heartstrings of millions in China.
Movie based on this story
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