Passengers tackle man who threatened to blow up plane

Thursday, June 1, 2017
MELBOURNE, Australia (KTRK) -- Dramatic video out of Australia shows a man being taken off a Malaysia Airlines plane after he allegedly threatened to blow it up.

The flight from Melbourne, Australia to Kuala Lumpur had just taken off on May 31.

Officials said the 25-year-old Sri Lankan man tried to get into the cockpit, yelling that he had explosives.
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Passengers and crew tackled him and tied him up with belts until the plane landed and police took him off.

Officials do not think this was terrorist-related. They believe the man is mentally ill.
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