I don't think he had a bomb
Malaysia Airlines flight MH 128 returns to Melbourne after incident on plane
A MALAYSIA Airlines jet was forced to return to Melbourne after a passenger reportedly tried to enter the cockpit, claiming to have explosives.
Brave passengers tackled the man about 20 minutes into their flight from Melbourne to Kuala Lumpur.
The Airbus A330 landed back at Melbourne Airport without incident.
Former Melbourne AFL footballer Andrew Leoncelli, who was on the flight, told how he tried to stop the alleged bomber.
“We literally took off, 10 minutes into the take off, and I was sitting in business class 4A seat, and I could hear this idiot saying that he wanted to go in and see the pilot,” he told 3AW.
“The staff were saying ‘sit back down sir, sit back down sir’.
“He goes, ‘no, I’m not going to sit back down – I’m going to blow the plane up’.”
Mr Leoncelli said passengers were kept on the plane on the tarmac for more than an hour before police boarded.
Other passengers have told of their terror as the man was restrained.
Victoria Police say a 25-year-old Australian citizen from Dandenong in Melbourne’s southeast is in custody.