FUJIAN, CHINA: A male passenger, believed to be in his 20s, has attempted to commit suicide in the toilet of an aircraft during a XiamenAir flight on Sunday night, Shanghaiist reported.
According to sources, the man was found by the airline staff after repeatedly banging his head onto the sink in the lavatory during a flight en route from Haikou in southern Hainan Island to Xiamen in southeastern Fujian Province.
The man had suffered from depression, according to two men travelling with the passenger.
After knocking on the door and hearing no response from its occupant, cabin crew opened the door using a key and found the man continuing to bash his head against the basin.
It was reported that cabin crew managed to calm the man down and applied bandages to his head as blood was pouring from his wounds.
The man sustained minor injuries and was later sent to the hospital after the plane landed, the report said.
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