Lion Air flight cancelled after passenger makes bomb joke

A Lion Air flight was abruptly cancelled yesterday afternoon after one of the passengers jokingly suggested that his carry-on bag might have contained explosives in his bid to attract a flight attendant, an ongoing police investigation revealed.

Pol Colonel Surachet Bandhit, superintendent of Don Muang Police Station, said yesterday the joke was made when a flight attendant was about to put the bag in the overhead bin.

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