The man was traveling on a GoAir flight from New Delhi to Patna on Saturday when he attempted to open the aircraft’s rear exit, the carrier said.

“A co-passenger raised the alarm and he was intercepted by the crew,” GoAir said in a statement emailed to AFP on Tuesday.

Indian media reports said he was a first-time flier in his late 20s.

When fellow passengers asked him what he was doing he told them he “needed to use the washroom urgently and kept tugging at the exit door”, The Telegraph, a Kolkata-based newspaper, quoted an airport official as saying.

“Pandemonium prevailed amid all this and he was restrained and finally handed over to us.

“He said that the confusion happened because he had boarded a flight for the first time in his life,” Mohammad Sanowar Khan told the newspaper.

GoAir said the passenger was handed over to the authorities for further investigation after the plane arrived safely at its destination.

A spokesperson for the airline added that the man wouldn’t have succeeded in opening the door anyway due to air pressure in the cabin.

India’s aviation market has witnessed a six-fold increase in passenger numbers over the past decade as a growing middle class take advantage of better connectivity and cheap flights, with many taking to the skies for the first time.

The incident comes almost a week after a cockpit mix-up left more than 30 passengers on a Jet Airways plane bleeding from their ears and noses after the crew reportedly forgot to flick a switch regulating cabin air pressure.

The flight from Mumbai to Jaipur, which was carrying 166 passengers, had to turn back. Those affected were given medical attention while the flight crew was suspended pending an investigation.

“We want the Sabah Police to not only pass on ransom demands from the kidnappers, but also to facilitate in the release of the two Indonesian citizens held hostage in the Sabah region,” the Foreign Ministry’s Indonesian citizen protection director, Lalu Muhammad Iqbal, said in a statement on Tuesday.

The Sabah Police said the group believed to have abducted the fishermen — identified as Samsul Saguni, 40, and Usman Yunus, 35 — had demanded a ransom of RM4 million for their release, the Star reported on Tuesday.

“The wife of one of the victims, who is in Sulawesi, Indonesia, received a call from the Philippines,” Sabah Police Commissioner Datuk Omar Mammah said as quoted by the Star.

Iqbal said the fishermen had followed all standard operating procedures when they were abducted, indicating that the incident took place because of the worsening security in the waters off Malaysia.

Samsul and Usman, both from West Sulawesi, were kidnapped on Sept. 11 while working on a Malaysian-flagged fishing vessel, the Dwi Jaya I.

According to the Star, they were abducted off the coast of Semporna, a town in eastern Sabah that is seen as “the gateway for cross-border travel, especially to the troubled Sulu Island chain in the Philippines”.

It was the first kidnapping since trilateral maritime patrols between Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines kicked off last year.

According to her second recommendation, Myanmar must create conducive environment by building trust and guaranteeing protection, rights and pathway to citizenship for all Rohingyas. If needed, it should create a “safe zone” inside the country to protect all civilians.

Her third recommendation says atrocious crimes against Rohingyas in Myanmar should be prevented by bringing accountability and justice, particularly in the light of recommendations of the Fact-Finding Mission of the UN Human Rights Council.

The PM was speaking at a high-level event on the “Global Compact on Refugees: A Model for Greater Solidarity and Cooperation” at the UN headquarters in New York.

“In Bangladesh, now we’re faced with the largest forced movement of over 1.1 million traumatised Rohingyas in the shortest time. They’ve been forcibly displaced from their homes in Rakhine State of Myanmar where they had been living for centuries.

“While we’re providing them with basic necessities, the magnitude of the problem has posed serious challenges for us. We’ve allocated over 6,000 acres of land,” the PM told her audience.

The diversion of human and other resources for Rohingyas has taken a toll on the environment, economy and society, she said.

Hasina mentioned that the international partners, especially the UN agencies, have been helping the Rohingyas.

“Regrettably, the current UN joint response plan of 2018 which requires $950 million has remained severely underfunded with only 33 percent funding secured. Humanitarian and development support of the international community for the Rohingyas and other affected communities must be predictable and in the spirit of international responsibility sharing.”

Hasina reiterated that the Rohingya crisis has originated in Myanmar and the solution has to be found there.

“As a responsible government, we’ve opened our border and provided shelter to the forcibly displaced Rohingyas. By doing so, we’ve not only saved lives, but also stabilised the entire region by containing the crisis within our border.”

She said Bangladesh would like to see the Rohingyas returning to their homes with safety, security and dignity. “Pending their return, we are trying to address their basic needs.”

Given the scarcity of land and other socio-cultural and environmental impacts, Hasina said the Bangladesh government was going to relocate Rohingyas to a newly developed island, Bhashan Char, where they would have better living conditions and livelihood opportunities.

The PM said in the absence of any policy of local integration in Bangladesh, Rohingyas need to secure their future in their own country, Myanmar. She urged the international community to help Bangladesh achieve that.

Hasina said the “Global Compact on Refugees” has been adopted at a time when the world is faced with swelling refugee crisis. Innocent people from various conflict-torn countries were leaving their homes for safety and security while many countries like Bangladesh were giving them shelter, protection and hope.

She mentioned that most of these refugee-hosting countries were developing countries having own set of challenges. “Yet, they respond to the call of humanity.”

The world must recognise their contributions and help those countries shoulder the burden. The world leaders must come forward with political will and commitment, she added.

The PM said the world must not forget that every refugee desires to return to his homeland.

“Safe and sustainable return to the country of origin is particularly important to resolve protracted refugee crisis. Greater attention needs to be paid to remove the root causes that make people refugee, and those root causes lie in the countries of origin.”

She said the realisation of the “Global Compact on Refugees” should exhibit stronger commitment towards addressing those root causes rather than focusing on response to an emerging situation only.

The event was moderated by UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi.

Nearly 700,000 Rohingyas crossed over into Bangladesh, fleeing a brutal military crackdown in Myanmar since August 25 last year.

Many refugees came with horrific accounts of killings, sexual violence and arson. UN investigators say the evidence warrants the charges of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes.

In September 2016, the United Nations General Assembly unanimously adopted the New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants with a clear imperative: to forge comprehensive and predictable responses to large-scale movements of refugees, while easing pressure on host countries.

The declaration called upon the UNHCR to move forward in two ways.

First, they requested that UNHCR develop and initiate the comprehensive refugee response framework (CRRF), contained in annex I of the declaration, in close cooperation with relevant actors.

Second, they agreed to work towards the adoption of a global compact on refugees in 2018, based on the practical application of the CRRF and consultations with all relevant stakeholders in the intervening two years, reads the concept note of the UN event.

It also said that in the face of new and ongoing conflicts, and consequent increasing and prolonged forced displacement, comprehensive responses remain critical.

Over 85 percent of all refugees are located in low and middle income countries. Humanitarian budgets are stretched, addressing often less than 50 percent of urgent needs.

As recognised in the declaration, new approaches and broader sources of support are needed as ever before that are sustainable over time and that strengthen resilience of refugees and also of the communities where they reside. The consultations on the global compact have underscored the importance of this.

The ongoing 21st Congress of the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association (IPPA) in the city accommodates 700 archaeologists from 35 countries including Vietnam for six days of discussions.

The congress started on Sunday and will continue until Friday, with several separate topic meetings as well as visits to relics built by the Nguyễn Dynasty (1802-1945) in Huế.

IPPA’s secretary-general Ian Lilley said the congress would be a chance for archaeologists around the world to gain a deeper understanding of the progress of archaeology in the Indo-Pacific region.

Phan Thanh Hải, director of the Huế Monuments Conservation Centre and a co-organiser of the congress said the congress would feature different archaeology topics, with a focus on the new findings made in the area over recent years.

“Discussion on new theories as well as the application of high technology for the job will be facilitated in the congress meetings,” he said.

According to Nguyễn Giang Hải, director of the Vietnam Institute of Archaeology, the country would announce new findings from the pre-Epipaleolithic era found at sites in the Central Highlands region.

Phạm Văn Đức, director of the Vietnam Institute of Social Sciences said the congress would discuss the benefits of archaeological studies for the whole community.

“Archaeology has grown from studying the basics to getting involved with social issues. The growth is expected to benefit community life in light of heritage conservation, culture, education as well as connecting people from different regions and races,” he said.

Local researchers expect that by holding the conference, they could help international researchers to get closer to the history of the land, where pre-historic relics were found and announced by late researcher Hồ Tấn Phan.

Phan used to nurture the recognition among the global archaeological community of pre-historic developments around Thừa Thiên-Huế, as well as in eras before the settlement of the Champa and Vietnamese people since 1558.

The State Department released the report just as the United States announced $185 million in new funding for Rohingya refugees during a meeting at the United Nations on Myanmar.

The State Department study, based on interviews in April with 1,024 Rohingya adults who have taken refuge in neighboring Bangladesh, provided accounts consistent with reports from human rights groups but kept largely to dispassionate descriptions of events.

The report notably did not use the terms genocide or ethnic cleansing to describe the mass killings of the Rohingya, a mostly Muslim group concentrated in Rakhine state that is despised by many in Buddhist-majority Myanmar and who are not considered citizens.

“The survey reveals that the recent violence in northern Rakhine State was extreme, large-scale, widespread and seemingly geared toward both terrorizing the population and driving out the Rohingya residents,” said the report by the State Department’s Bureau of Intelligence and Research.

“The scope and scale of the military’s operations indicate they were well-planned and coordinated,” it said.

“In some areas, perpetrators used tactics that resulted in mass casualties, for example, locking people in houses to burn them, fencing off entire villages before shooting into the crowd or sinking boats full of hundreds of fleeing Rohingya.”

Most see killings, rape

The report said that 82 percent of the interviewed refugees personally witnessed killings, with 51 percent also reporting sexual violence.

The State Department said that witnesses hailing from multiple villages reported similar rapes, in which military men would force all the women to leave their homes.

“They would then choose a smaller number of women — often four or five, but some refugees reported up to 20 — whom as many 15 soldiers would then take to fields, forests, houses, schools, mosques or latrines to gang rape,” it said.

“Many victims were reportedly killed afterward, though not in all cases,” it said, adding that soldiers in some cases would go door to door to find the “‘prettiest’ girls” to gang-rape.

In an overwhelming 88 percent of cases, the witnesses said that the military was behind atrocities. Few said they saw attacks against them by the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA), the Islamic militant group whose assaults on military posts in October 2016 triggered the crackdown.

The violence in Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, was unleashed soon after the country transitioned to democracy, undermining what Western governments had hailed as a triumph of engagement.

The campaign against the Rohingya has especially tarnished the reputation of Aung San Suu Kyi, the long-detained democracy advocate and Nobel laureate who has been reticent in addressing the violence.

Help for refugees

More than 700,000 Rohingya took refuge in Bangladesh, fearful of returning to Myanmar despite a repatriation deal between the two countries.

Meanwhile, Britain hosted a meeting of about a dozen foreign ministers that was also attended by Myanmar’s state counselor Kyaw Tint Swe and International Cooperation Minister Kyaw Tin, although Suu Kyi did not come to New York.

Fresh from a visit to Myanmar, British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt warned that military leaders must answer for any atrocities committed against the Rohingya, a foreign office spokesperson said.

“If, in a year’s time, we have not made a meaningful difference to the lives of the million or more people affected, then we have failed as an international community,” Hunt told the closed meeting, according to the spokesperson.

US Ambassador Nikki Haley announced the $185 million for food, water, health care and other critical aid to the refugees, even as the United States dramatically scales back its admission of refugees.

Myanmar’s army chief Min Aung Hlaing was recently quoted in a newspaper as telling his troops that no country, organization or group has the “right to interfere in and make decision over sovereignty of a country.”