10 injured amid panic after false bomb claim on plane

Video online showed dozens of people standing on the Boeing 737's right wing.

10 injured amid panic after false bomb claim on plane

Ten passengers on an Indonesian flight preparing to take off from Borneo island were injured after a man falsely said there was a bomb on board.

Passengers overheard Frantinus Nirigi, 26, telling a flight attendant there was a bomb on the Lion Air plane, which was carrying 189 passengers to Jakarta on Monday night, police spokesman Nanang Purnomo said.

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