Australia-Thailand | Flight diverted as drunken passengers throw punches

A flight from Sydney to Thailand was diverted to Indonesia to offload a group of drunken Australian traveling companions who started throwing punches at each other, officials said yesterday.
Jetstar Flight 27 was carrying 314 passengers when it diverted to Bali on Wednesday night after the six who were traveling together to the tourist island of Phuket became “extremely disruptive among themselves” and refused requests from the crew, the Australian budget airline said in a statement.
The airline said all six were forced off the plane, but Bali officials said only five men were held by airport security and faced deportation to Australia.
It is not clear what happened to the sixth passenger.
Bali airport manager Trikora Harjo said an investigation determined that the only reason the men started fighting was because they were under the influence of alcohol.
“They were not seriously injured, just bruised,” Harjo said. AP