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Virgin airplane reported hijacked in Bali: National Police
A Boeing B737-300 aircraft belonging to Australiaâs Virgin Air bound for Denpasar, Bali, from Brisbane was reported hijacked on Friday afternoon
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Boeing B737-300 aircraft belonging to Australia's Virgin Air bound for Denpasar, Bali, from Brisbane was reported hijacked on Friday afternoon.
"We have been informed that a Virgin Air plane has been hijacked. The plane is now at Ngurah Rai International Airport," National Police's criminal investigation chief Comr. Gen. Suhardi Alius said in Jakarta on Friday as quoted by tribunnews.com.
As of 2:35 p.m. on Friday, the police have yet to take any action at the airport. However, Bali Police personnel and the Indonesian Air Force have been deployed to Ngurah Rai.
"The Bali Police chief is now standing at the edge of Bali airport's runway," he said. (nfo)
