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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Elias Visontay Transport and urban affairs reporter

Sydney airport emergency incident: man arrested after Malaysia-bound plane turned around

Passengers waiting to board a Jetstar flight at Sydney airport in 2020
The Australian federal police responded to an incident at Sydney airport on Monday. Photograph: James Gourley/AAP

A 45-year-old man has been arrested following a midair incident that caused a Malaysia-bound flight to turn back to Australia and sparked other delays and cancellations at Sydney airport.

Scores of flights out of Sydney airport were affected following the emergency incident on the runway on Monday. Malaysia Airlines flight 122 left Sydney at about 1pm bound for Kuala Lumpur, but turned back due to the passenger and landed at about 3.45pm.

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