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April 25, 2014

‘Hijacked’ Virgin Plane Forced To Land In Bali

An attempted hijacking aboard a Virgin Australia flight bound for Bali has failed, with the plane successfully grounded by the pilots at the intended destination.

An attempted hijacking aboard a Virgin Australia flight bound for Bali has failed, with the plane successfully grounded by the pilots at the intended destination.

Flight tracking website Flightrader initially reported the Virgin Blue flight VA41 was ‘hijacked’ en route from Brisbane, Australia.

 

A spokesperson for Virgin has stated that the passenger, who has since been arrested, was drunk, and his attempt to enter the cockpit was a “misunderstanding”, and did not amount to an attempted hijacking.

Although, this is a good point:

 

[Source : Metro]