Passengers injured in scramble to flee after man makes bomb threat on plane

Passengers on a flight which was preparing to take off in Indonesia were left injured in a scramble to flee after a man made a threat that there was a bomb on board.

The plane was preparing to leave from Borneo to Jakarta when the threat was made.

Passengers overheard Frantinus Nirigi, 26, telling a flight attendant there was a bomb on the Lion Air plane, which had 189 passengers on board, police spokesman Nanang Purnomo said.

Mr Purnomo said another passenger broke the emergency exit windows.

He and Nirigi were arrested.

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

Some slid down the right engine and landed on the ground in their effort to escape the aircraft.

Mr Purnomo said eight passengers had broken bones and head wounds, while two had minor injuries.

He said an inspection found no bomb.