Virgin Plane Heading To Bali Hijacked

[The Straight Story]

A Virgin passenger plane has been hijacked on the way to Bali, according to Indonesian TV sources.

According to Metro TV in Indonesia, the plane was later forced to land at the country's Bali airport.

http://news.sky.com/story/1249086/virgin-plane-heading-to-bali-hijacked


LBCI News English ?@LBCI_News_EN 4m

Hijacked Virgin Blue plane forced to land at #Indonesia's #Bali airport - metro TV REUTERS

Virigin Atlantic flight VA41 squawking 7500 (hijack) on ground on Denpasar Airport - @flightradar24 http://bit.ly/PzmB4Y

[applegrove]

1. Vibes to all the passengers.

[The Straight Story]

2. Update: Drunk passenger in custody

Sky News Newsdesk ?@SkyNewsBreak 1m

Virgin says passenger arrested after trying to enter cockpit of flight from Brisbane to Bali was drunk and the incident was not a hijack

[Violet_Crumble]

3. How does someone get that drunk on a Virgin flight?

The drinks are really, really expensive, plus I thought they'd stop serving people if they were getting drunk...

btw, small correction to yr OP. It's a Virgin Australia plane, not Virgin Atlantic

[intaglio]

4. Via the BBC

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-27154139

/snip ... Police told Indonesian TV that a passenger tried to enter the cockpit and take over the plane but had since been arrested.

An Indonesian air force spokesman told the BBC that troops had boarded the plane.

A Virgin official was quoted by Indonesian TV as saying the passenger had been drunk and the plane had not been hijacked

[jberryhill]

5. I guess it's not a virgin plane anymore