Overview
- A 36-year-old passenger allegedly damaged the plastic cover of an emergency-exit door and tried to open it at cruise altitude of about 9,000 metres, creating a security incident on Batik Air flight OD231.
- Crew members and several passengers subdued and restrained the man, reportedly using cable ties, until police took him into custody after the plane landed safely at Kochi.
- Police and local reports identify the suspect as 36-year-old Jamsheer A., an Indian national who has worked in Malaysia for about ten years and was travelling to Kerala to visit a newborn.
- Investigators initially charged him with coercion, breaching safety rules and endangering public safety and later added suspicion of attempted murder while planning toxicology and psychiatric evaluations.
- The aircraft was not critically damaged and no injuries to other passengers or crew were reported, and officials say the probe and test results will guide any further criminal case or aviation-safety measures.