Australian police on Tuesday (Aug 15) charged a man after he allegedly claimed to have explosives on board a Malaysia Airlines flight from Sydney to Kuala Lumpur, forcing it to return to Sydney.
Muhammad Arif, 45, was charged with making a false statement about a threat to damage a plane and not complying with cabin crew's safety instructions.
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Muhammad Arif, 45, was charged with making a false statement about a threat to damage a plane and not complying with cabin crew's safety instructions.
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00:00 Australian police on Tuesday charged a man after he allegedly claimed to have explosives
00:08 on board a Malaysia Airlines flight from Sydney to Kuala Lumpur, forcing it to return to Sydney.
00:14 45-year-old Muhammad Arif was charged with making a false statement about a threat to
00:20 damage a plane and not complying with cabin crew's safety instructions.
00:25 The offences carry a maximum penalty of 10 years' imprisonment and a fine of over A$15,000.
00:34 Police did not specify his nationality, though they said he is a resident of Canberra.
00:41 It was reported that he refused to leave his police cell and delayed his first court appearance
00:46 by nearly three hours.
00:49 In the incident on Monday, Flight MH122 was turned around due to a "disruptive passenger
00:55 on board".
00:56 Videos shot on board show cabin crew keeping the man calm to de-escalate the situation.
01:03 Passengers and crew were evacuated from the plane once it was deemed safe and the man
01:08 was arrested without incident.
01:10 He was later released on bail.
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