The passenger started claiming he had 'explosives' in his backpack, while travelling on flight MH122 from Sydney to Kuala Lumpur, say Australian police.
SYDNEY: An Australian man was charged on Tuesday with making a fake bomb threat on a flight to Malaysia, terrifying passengers and causing havoc in the country's airspace.on Monday afternoon when the agitated man started claiming he had"explosives" in his backpack, police said.
The plane was parked on the end of a runway with emergency vehicles nearby, according to Australian television network 9 News. A video taken by a passenger appears to show the man, who was wearing a backpack, threatening passengers and staff.They had earlier stressed the incident posed no"impending threat to the community" - although it did cause 32 domestic flights to be cancelled and created lengthy delays of up to 90 minutes for others. No international flights were cancelled.
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