Man jailed for assaulting cabin crew member on SIA flight


An American man who had falsely claimed there was a bomb on board a Singapore Airlines (SIA) flight was sentenced to four weeks’ jail after he pleaded guilty to an assault charge for slapping a man.

La Andy Hien Duc, 37, was given a discharge amounting to an acquittal for harassment after he had been given a stern warning over the bomb threat he made on board SQ33 from San Francisco to Singapore in September.

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