At approximately 4.55pm on Oct 12, the Singapore Police Force received a report regarding a suspected bomb threat aboard Scoot flight TR16, en route from Singapore to Perth. The flight, having already left Singapore, promptly made a U-turn and returned to Singapore.
The Republic of Singapore Air Force takes every air threat as real and seriously, until proven otherwise.At approximately 4.55pm on Oct 12, the Singapore Police Force received a report regarding a suspected bomb threat aboard Scoot flight TR16, en route from Singapore to Perth.
After completing security checks, the police arrested a 30-year-old Australian male passenger for Criminal Intimidation under Section 506 of the Penal Code 1871 read with Section 3 of the Tokyo Convention Act 1971. Police investigations are ongoing. For instance, on Sept 11, 2021, RSAF F-16 jets were scrambled to investigate an unauthorised entry by a Royal Malaysian Police helicopter into Singapore's territorial airspace, specifically the eastern part of Pulau Tekong.
Here are four occasions in recent years that the RSAF has had to scramble its jets in response to bomb threats on board civilian aircraft:In the early morning of Sept 22, 2022, American passenger La Andy Hien Duc, 37, who was travelling alone, claimed he heard a voice in his head telling him that there was a bomb on board his plane, Singapore Airlines flight SQ33, from San Francisco to Singapore.
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