A Malaysia Airlines plane was forced to make an emergency landing at
Melbourne Airport less than 30 minutes into a flight after a Canberra
resident tried to enter the cockpit, claiming to have explosives.
Flight MH128 from Melbourne to Kuala Lumpur returned to Melbourne
shortly after takeoff after the captain was alerted by a cabin crew of a
passenger attempting to enter the cockpit.
The airline stressed that at no point was the aircraft hijacked.
CLIP 1
Passenger Aref Chaudry said cabin crew panicked when the man moved
towards the front of the aircraft.
IN: "The air hostess screamed help, help, help..."
OUT: "...grab that guy"
DUR: 14 sec
CLIP: http://fsnradionews.com/feeds/0531melbplane1.mp3
CLIP 2
Victoria police said the incident happened four kilometres out of
Melbourne when a man from Belconnen left his seat, shouting that he had
a bomb and tried to move towards the cockpit.
IN: "We are obviously..."
OUT: "...after their welfare"
DUR: 11 sec
CLIP: http://fsnradionews.com/feeds/0531melbplane2.mp3
CLIP 3
Passenger Vanessa told Macquarie Radio her partner was the first
confront the man.
IN: "He was the one..."
OUT: "...ran towards the back"
DUR: 13 sec
CLIP: http://fsnradionews.com/feeds/0531melbplane3.mp3