Credit:The plane was forced to return to Sydney and a three-hour stand-off on the tarmac ensued.A 45-year-old man has been charged after a Malaysia Airlines flight was forced to turn back to Sydney when he allegedly made bomb threats.
It returned at 3.47pm after the man allegedly began yelling, making references to Islam and gesturing at a backpack worn on his chest. "People thought maybe he was just scared of flying initially but then it just sort of got worse as things progressed and the whole situation with him not letting go of his bag."
"He had a black bag next to him as well, so he started pointing out to that and saying 'I've got a lot of power, I actually don't care too much about the police ... I'm ready to do whatever it takes for Allah'. She also responded to questions from passengers who wanted to know why it took three hours for officers to enter the plane and arrest the man."We can never presume anything and we you don't know whether this person was acting alone or he actually had other support on the plane or outside the plane so you can't presume anything.