What sparked Aussie dad’s aeroplane bomb hoax

News.com.au - 10/01
An Australian man who brought the country’s busiest international airport to a standstill after he falsely claimed to be carrying a bomb quit his job and bought a one-way plane ticket in a “rapid descent into a psychotic state”, court documents reveal.

An Australian man who brought the country’s busiest international airport to a standstill after he falsely claimed to be carrying a bomb quit his job and bought a one-way plane ticket in a “rapid descent into a psychotic state”, court documents reveal.

Muhammad Arif, 46, was sentenced to 14 months imprisonment to be served in the community late last year after pleading guilty to making a false statement threatening to damage a Division 3 aircraft over the horrifying incident on August 13, 2023.

Arif was en route to Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia, from where he planned on flying through Muscat, Oman to Pakistan in South Asia, when he told crew and passengers his bag “might explode” and made statements in Arabic, including “Allahu Akbar”.

The aircraft was forced to make a dramatic mid-air U-turn as a result of Arif’s antics, landing back at Sydney Airport where it was quarantined on the tarmac for safety reasons until Australian Federal Police ...
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