Air China flight forced to land after man tries to take plane hostage with fountain pen

An Air China flight was forced to make a landing in central China for an unspecified "public security" reason with all passengers making it safely off the plane.

China Central Television said on its official account on the microblog Weibo.com that Air China Flight 1350 took off at 8.40am on Sunday local time from the city of Changsha in Hunan province heading for Beijing.