The incident took place on a Tokyo to Seattle flight operated by Japan’s All Nippon Airways. - AP
TOKYO: A flight from Tokyo to the US west coastal city of Seattle operated by Japan's All Nippon Airways had to return to the Haneda airport in Tokyo on Wednesday (Jan 17) after a passenger reportedly bit a cabin attendant's arm, local media reported.
The 55-year-old man, who is believed to be a US citizen, was arrested by Tokyo police upon landing on suspicion of causing injury to the cabin attendant, according to the national news agency Kyodo.
The incident took place on Tuesday night while the passenger plane, flight 118, was flying over the Pacific, and the motive behind the man's behaviour was still unclear.
According to flight tracking website Flightradar24, the plane had taken off at 9.23pm local time (8.23pm Singapore time) and turned back about 90 minutes later.
The man has denied the allegation and was quoted by the police as saying he does not recall what happened because he had taken a sleeping pill, reported Kyodo News. - Xinhua
