Indonesian fighter jets were ready to shoot down Australian plane

By Michael Bachelard
Updated October 23 2014 - 9:18pm, first published 5:53pm
The Australian plane on the tarmac at t Manado's Sam Ratulangi airport.
The Australian plane on the tarmac at t Manado's Sam Ratulangi airport.

Indonesian fighter jet pilots had "locked on" their weapon systems to an Australian light plane on Wednesday before its pilots decided to comply with the order to land, one of the air force pilots has said.