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Chinese air hostesses undergo intense military training to prepare for on-board emergencies

Recruits carry tree trunks and fight hand-to-hand during ferocious boot camp

CHINESE flight attendants are forced to practise hand-to-hand combat as part of their gruelling training, these snaps reveal.

Training for the country’s wannabe air hostesses resembles an army boot camp rather than a laid back college class.

Recruits haul a giant log - and still manage to keep a smile on their faces
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Recruits haul a giant log - and still manage to keep a smile on their facesCredit: Getty Images
The gruelling training takes place in freezing cold waters in the Chengdu complex
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The gruelling training takes place in freezing cold waters in the Chengdu complexCredit: Getty Images
The recruits get down and dirty as they practise subduing an unruly passenger
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The recruits get down and dirty as they practise subduing an unruly passengerCredit: Getty Images
The training sees a group of 20 put through their paces by drill instructors
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The training sees a group of 20 put through their paces by drill instructorsCredit: Getty Images
The are then forced to cling to logs as an endurance test in the chilly waters
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They are then forced to cling to logs as an endurance test in the chilly watersCredit: Getty Images

Recruits are forced to carry whole tree trucks, wrestle with each other in freezing water and practise martial arts on each other as part of their regime.

But students at the Chengdu East Star Airlines College still manage to keep a smile on their face despite their toils.

The 20 students are put through their paces as Chinese aviation authorities test their ability to deal with on-board emergencies.

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Decked out in military camouflage, the women practise defence routines that could be used to subdue an aggressive passenger or potential hijacker.

And after their mud-splattered training session, the group donned their glamorous uniform.

Clad in red and white, the stewardesses pose with their suitcases as they prepare to put their training to good use.

Two teams race to the finish line as each one races with a giant log
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Two teams race to the finish line as each one hauls a giant log on their shouldersCredit: Getty Images
The training is not for the faint-hearted, as this recruit crawls through the muddy water underneath her classmates
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The training is not for the faint-hearted, as this recruit crawls through the muddy water underneath her classmatesCredit: Getty Images
The culmination of the training sees the recruits handed their red and white uniform, ready to take to the skies
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The culmination of the training sees the recruits handed their red and white uniform, ready to take to the skiesCredit: Getty Images
All the hard work is worth it when the latest cohort graduate and set off with their suitcases
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All the hard work is worth it when the latest cohort graduate and set off with their suitcasesCredit: Getty Images
They are left able to deal with any potentially troublesome passengers
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They are left able to deal with any potentially troublesome passengersCredit: Getty Images

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