Transport in Indonesia

A Turkish Airlines flight carrying passengers from Istanbul to Jakarta had to make a diversion for Medan due to a cabin disturbance caused by a passenger biting a cabin attendant's finger.

Police have identified the passenger as Muhammad John Jaiz Boudewijn, a 48-year-old Indonesian national, who was returning to Jakarta following a personal trip to Türkiye.

Indonesian forensic team members examine parts of airplane recovered from the area where a Lion Air plane is suspected to have crashed, at Tanjung Priok Port in Jakarta, Indonesia on Oct. 30. (AP Photo/Binsar Bakkara)

The Jakarta Post - Private carrier Lion Air removed another passenger for cracking a bomb joke on Monday from a flight that was to depart from Supadio International Airport, Pontianak, West Kalimantan bound for Soekarno - Hatta International Airport in Tangerang, Banten.