{"id":15149,"date":"2014-04-25T12:51:37","date_gmt":"2014-04-25T12:51:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=15149"},"modified":"2014-04-25T12:59:28","modified_gmt":"2014-04-25T12:59:28","slug":"arrest-after-bali-plane-hijack-alert-in-indonesia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=15149","title":{"rendered":"Arrest after Bali plane hijack alert in Indonesia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A passenger who caused a hijack scare on a flight from Australia to Indonesia has been arrested at Bali airport, officials say.<\/p>\n<p>Virgin Australia said a passenger had been handcuffed by crew on the Boeing 737 after acting aggressively.<\/p>\n<p>The flight from Brisbane was boarded by Indonesian troops on landing after reports that it had been hijacked.<\/p>\n<p>Virgin blamed confusion around the incident on a &#8220;miscommunication&#8221; and said the passenger had been drunk.<\/p>\n<p>The BBC&#8217;s Karishma Vaswani in Indonesia said fears of a hijacking were caused after the pilot sent a distress signal to airport authorities.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is no hijacking, this is a miscommunication,&#8221; Heru Sudjatmiko, a Virgin Australia official said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There was a drunk passenger, intoxicated and aggressively behaved. He was trying to enter the cockpit, banging the door but he did not enter the cockpit.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_15150\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15150\" style=\"width: 624px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/74435514_74435507.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15150\" alt=\"_74435514_74435507\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/74435514_74435507.jpg\" width=\"624\" height=\"351\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/74435514_74435507.jpg 624w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/74435514_74435507-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15150\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Passengers on nearby aircraft saw the drama unfold and took photographs of the plane<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Crew members seized the passenger, who authorities identified as Matt <a style=\"text-decoration:none; color: #333;\" href=\"http:\/\/buyrisperdalonlinenow.com\">http:\/\/buyrisperdalonlinenow.com<\/a> Christopher, a 28-year-old from Australia.<\/p>\n<p>An hour before landing in Bali, the plane&#8217;s original destination, the pilot alerted traffic controllers to a possible hijacking on board, an Indonesian air force spokesman said.<\/p>\n<p>Palani Mohan, a passenger on another flight that was about to take off from Bali, told AFP that the pilot of his plane announced the airport was in lockdown.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The captain of my plane made an announcement saying we were delayed indefinitely because a hijack was going on in Bali airport, about 150 metres away from us.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I saw at least five vehicles including military-style trucks, filled with men in uniform, rushing towards the plane,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Then the Virgin plane taxied away, followed by the convoy of security forces.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Police arrested the man shortly after the plane landed and all of the passengers were unharmed.<\/p>\n<p>The airport was closed briefly but flights resumed shortly after the incident.<\/p>\n<p>Virgin Australia Airlines, formerly Virgin Blue Airlines, is Australia&#8217;s second-largest airline.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Credit: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A passenger who caused a hijack scare on a flight from Australia to Indonesia has been arrested at Bali airport, officials say. Virgin Australia said a passenger had been handcuffed by crew on the Boeing 737 after acting aggressively. 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