Australian arrested after bomb threat on flight


An Australian passenger on a Perth-bound flight was arrested in Singapore for criminal intimidation, police said, after the plane was escorted back to the city-state by fighter jets due to a bomb threat.

Flight TR16, operated by budget carrier Scoot, departed Singapore at 4.11pm local time on Thursday.

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