American who allegedly made false bomb threat on SIA flight charged with causing alarm, voluntarily causing hurt
SQ flight SQ33, which landed at Changi Airport on Wednesday, was travelling from San Francisco to Singapore when American La Andy Hien Duc allegedly shouted that there was a bomb on the plane.
He also grabbed another passenger's luggage from the cabin's overhead compartment.
In a statement on Thursday, the police said he then allegedly assaulted a member of the cabin crew who tried to intervene and restrain him.
La Andy Hien Duc was one of 208 passengers onboard the SQ flight, which left San Francisco at 10.26pm on Monday (Tuesday, 1.26pm Singapore time) for Singapore.
Preliminary investigations revealed that he had claimed there was a bomb in a hand-carry bag.
The police were informed of the threat at about 2.40am on Wednesday.
Two RSAF fighter jets were activated to escort the aircraft until it landed at Changi Airport at about 5.50am.
In response to queries, an SIA spokesman said SQ33 headed to an isolated part of the airport for security checks after landing, and was then towed to Terminal 3 after security checks were completed. Read More…
