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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Rod McGuirk

A passenger has been charged in Australia with allegedly threatening to blow up an airliner

Velutha Parambath

A 45-year-old man was charged on Tuesday with allegedly threatening to blow up a plane during a flight from Australia to Malaysia that returned to Sydney.

Police arrested the Canberra resident and took him from the Airbus A330 on Monday, almost three hours after Malaysia Airlines flight MH122 returned to Sydney Airport.

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