Beijing: In the latest incident of dangerous acts on Chinese flights, a man attempted to set a fire on board a Chinese flight early on Sunday. He was restrained by the passengers and crew members and then taken into custody, the aviation authority said.

The attempted arson occurred at around 1:00 a.m. Sunday aboard a Shenzhen Airlines flight from the city of Taizhou to Guangzhou near Hong Kong, the Civil Aviation Administration of China said. It said an investigation was underway but gave no other details.

Chinese flights have had several rash incidents occur while in air, including passengers opening emergency exits and fights between flyers and crew members.

Photos posted on newspaper websites showed a partially charred passenger seat and a blackened emergency exit door.

Official broadcaster CCTV and other state media reported that the pilot issued a mayday call and the plane was guided into Guangzhou airport. Slides were deployed and 95 passengers and nine crew members were evacuated. Two people were injured.

A statement from Shenzhen Airlines confirmed the incident but offered no additional details have been received.