Drunk man bites flight attendant’s finger, Forces Istanbul-Jakarta Turkish Airlines To Make Emergency Landing

An Istanbul-Jakarta Turkish Airlines flight was forced to make an emergency landing after a drunk passenger got into a fight with flight attendants. The passenger identified as a pilot of different carrier bit a flight attendant’s finger. A video showing the passenger punching a flight attendant is being widely circulated on social media.

According to reports the flight attendant had gone to calm the drunk 48-year-oold Indonesian passenger identified as Muhammad Hohn Jaiz Boudewijin. It was then that the passenger bit the attendant’s finger.

An Indonesian passenger on a Turkish Airlines flight TK56 to CGK yesterday was recorded assaulting a flight attendant, forcing the flight to land at KNO temporarily before resuming. Turns out he’s a Batik Air pilot returning from holiday in Turkey pic.twitter.com/X70KhjmTsX

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