Seventeen-year-old boy charged with eight offences following incident on Jetstar Airways aircraft.
A youngster has been arrested in Australia after boarding a business plane with a loaded shotgun, police have stated.
The 17-year-old boy was overpowered and detained by crew and passengers following the incident at Avalon Airport, about 60km (37 miles) from Melbourne, on Thursday, Victoria Police stated.
Not one of the roughly 160 passengers and crew on the Jetstar Airways aircraft have been damage.
Police charged the teenager with eight offences, together with endangering the protected operation of an plane and possession of a firearm.
Throughout an look by the teenager at a juvenile courtroom on Friday, police alleged that he had planted a pretend do-it-yourself explosive and threatened passengers and crew, the Australian Broadcasting Company reported.
Victoria Police Superintendent Michael Reid instructed reporters on Thursday that the teenager had been overpowered by a number of passengers.
“Little question this may have been a really terrifying incident for the passengers of that aircraft, and Victoria Police actually commend the bravery of the passengers who have been capable of overpower that male,” Reid stated.
Barry Clark, one of many passengers who tackled the suspect, instructed native media that he had sprung into motion after noticing the suspect turning into agitated whereas arguing with a flight attendant in regards to the firearm.
“I noticed the barrel butt, and once I noticed the entire gun, I stated we’re in hassle right here and I noticed it towards her chest, and so I believed, properly, I’ve obtained to do one thing,” Clark stated in an interview with Community 10.
“That is all taking place in a matter of seconds. So I obtained up quietly. He had his again to me, the younger lady was going through me, and the gun was solely seen,” Clark stated.
“However I knew that if I went to the aspect and pushed the gun away from him, at the least if it went off, it will go off within the aspect of the aircraft and there was nobody there.”
