Virgin Airline hijacked

bear1

Only just heard the breaking news now.

"A Virgin aircraft flying from Australia is believed to have been hijacked at Bali airport, reports quoting Indonesian officials say."

It's a developing story so there isn't any more news on it.
I hope this ends well

Tabnabs

http://www.smh.com.au/world/hijacked-virgin-australia-plane-forced-to-land-at-bali-airport-20140425-zqzn0.html

source here

Caliden

As of 2 minutes ago it's landed and sitting on the tarmac in Denpasar, Bali.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-04-25/hijacked-virgin-plane-forced-to-land-at-bali-airport/5412474

Plazaman

Flying out of Brisbane.

http://news.sky.com/story/1249086/virgin-passenger-plane-is-hijacked

The One Who Knocks

At least it's on the ground.

dinneenp

Well that de-escalated quickly.

Tzardine

Lets hope for a good ending to this.

Also - Thats some distance to fly a 737 - Over 6 hours

tallus

God help the passengers and crew, I hope they get out of this in one piece.

bear1

Wonder what the demands are.

Big Nasty

One virgin down, 71 more to go! :eek:

Tzardine

bear1 wrote: »

Wonder what the demands are.

We don't negotiate with terrorists

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5gi5g2iDAQ

B_Rabbit

A drunken passenger is arrested after a captain tells authorities his plane has been 'hijacked'.

Weird...

bear1

That is weird.

Maphisto

Sky are saying it was just a drunken attempt to enter the cockpit not a hijack.


BBC saying the same

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-27154139

B_Rabbit

By the sounds of it someone was drunk and tried to break into the cockpit.

Surely they could have restrained one drunken idiot?

razorblunt

I hope he gets an absolute kicking.

beks101

That is going to be one bad hangover

jimgoose

Might have been a hijacking attempt in the same vein as that Reid chap with the shoes some years back. I do wonder what a normal person would be doing trying to force their way into the cockpit of an airliner, even after a rake of drink.

A2LUE42

Please don't let this end with a 'drunk Irish in Australia' story..

recyclebin

8:38 Oh my god a plane has been hijacked there all going to die.
8:47 Drunk guy arrested from plane
8:57 tumbleweed...........

Specialun

soooo it was just some dope after too many bacardi breezer's. what do we get outraged at now??

comongethappy

Specialun wrote: »

soooo it was just some dope after too many bacardi breezer's. what do we get outraged at now??

The price of Bacardi in-flight.

Barely There

razorblunt wrote: »

I hope he gets an absolute kicking.

I hope if he's arrested and charged he gets treated in accordance with his rights and gets a fair trial.

beertons

My name is Pedro and I fly the plane.

plasteritup

Make weed legal thread anyone, man smokes joint and storms cockpit,plane currently on the tarmac in ball, stoner is demanding a hot chocolate doughnut.

bear1

He's in for a world of ****e considering the offence landed him in Indonesia of all places.

RoboRat

Wonder what would happen if another passenger just took care of the situation?
I do a lot of travelling and if this happened on a flight I would be very tempted to restrain the other passenger but not if I end up in prison for a few years!

c0rk3r

Bali is to Australians what Ibiza is to Europeans. A place to get absolutely mangled

snaphook

They say when you're an alcoholic you will eventually hit rock bottom.

I'd say attempting to hijack a plane is this guy's rock bottom.
Let's hope he sees some sense and get's help.

snaphook

Maybe he took some Nurofen with the booze. :pac:

Jaggy

c0rk3r wrote: »

Bali is to Australians what Ibiza is to Europeans. A place to get absolutely mangled

Denpasar maybe, but the rest of the island is stunning. Ubud for starters.

Peregrine

Planes make diversions due to drunken or just unruly passengers all the time.

It's not every day that a drunk comes along who's stupid enough to try and force themselves into the cockpit though.

SEPT 23 1989

for a split second when he wakes up he wont have any memory of trying to hijack the plane and then......

worst FEAR ever:D

razorblunt

Barely There wrote: »

I hope if he's arrested and charged he gets treated in accordance with his rights and gets a fair trial.

Yes, yes, all good. After his kicking.

razorblunt

snaphook wrote: »

Maybe he took some Nurofen with the booze. :pac:

Wrong cockpit.