Singaporean held for flight bomb threat

Police question Singaporean national Ho Wai Chong following his prank bomb threat made against a plane on a domestic flight in Thailand. (Photo supplied)

Authorities have arrested a man holding a Singaporean passport following a bomb threat called in against an AirAsia flight departing from Bangkok to Hat Yai.

The threat was reported at 2.47pm on Thursday. A man, reportedly speaking Thai with an accent, contacted Don Mueang airport public relations and claimed that an AirAsia flight to Hat Yai in Songkhla was carrying explosives.