Air Niugini flight this morning from Madang to Manus has been disrupted.
An eyewitness Brian H Waffi posted on his facebook page alerting the public about the incident.
He said the flight was disrupted after two Asylum Seekers protested and tried to break the airplanes glass protested not to go to Manus.
“All of us were told to disembark after two Asylum Seekers protested and tried to break the airplanes glass protested not to go to Manus. We will reboard.”
“The plane was about to lift off when the two started hitting the windows and crying out loud struggling with the air hostess.
“Thought they are terrorists because of their Middle-East complexions,” Waffi posted on his facebook page.
The Supreme Court yesterday ruled Australia's detention of asylum seekers on Manus Island is illegal.
The five-man bench of the court ruled the detention breached the right to personal liberty in the PNG constitution.
There are 850 men in the detention centre on Manus Island, about half of whom have been found to be refugees.
The Supreme Court has ordered the PNG and Australian Governments to immediately take steps to end the detention of asylum seekers in PNG.
The Supreme Court decision means that both groups — refugees and asylum-seekers — are being illegally detained, because their freedom of movement is curtailed.
Picture courtesy by Brian H Waffi