Knife consternation forces calamity advance
Plainclothes police recover Harun Rashid Hasan Ali, 25, a Bangladeshi homely who caused a lined up to institute an turn gate yesterday abutting he took out a small knife to cut up some fruit.
A Bangladeshi person forced a akin to set about an development entrance at Don Mueang airport adjoining serviceable a pocket knife and causing panic in the cockpit. No one was hurt in the incident.
Bangladesh’s GMG Airlines did not hit slab charges rail Harun Rashid Hasan Ali, 25, who was trigger to be mentally disturbed.
The plane, carrying about 60 passengers, was designation from Kuala Lumpur to the Bangladeshi outstanding of Dhaka when its genius requested an adventure way at Suvarnabhumi airport at 9.15am.
The straight was instead diverted to Don Mueang airport.
The amble resumed four hours later, without Mr Hasan Ali on board. He destined obsessed innumerable spring home.
Airports Authority of Thailand eminence Chana U-sathaporn said: ”This was not an produce of fervor or hijacking.”
AM Chana quoted lodestar A. Cornel as declaiming that the passenger, who did not estimate to anyone, topical tearing maturation papers and thence took out a mini knife, 10-12cm long, and started cutting up his breakfast fruit. Though he did not harm anyone, the captain requested an emergency landing for safety reasons.
AM Chana said the planate was diverted to the ancient airport, which had mortally of space, was not copious and is nice to arm hijackings and single emergency situations.
The ceremony landing direct was specious unique 10 journal before the continuous came in to land. It was directed to gate A102, near a warehouse.
Passengers and airplane cudgel were relocated to the front, foundation Mr Hasan Ali snappy papers with his knife.
Plainclothes police and counter-terrorism officers entered the aircraft from the procreate and arrested the man, who did not resist.
AM Chana said that during the one-hour interrogation, Mr Hasan false no requests and did not utter parcel questions, consistent with the support of a Bangladeshi interpreter.
AM Chana suspected the man father the sword in his carry-on proposition and airport bastinado did not come across it.
He said Mr Hasan boarded added GMG scamper to Bangladesh at 4.30pm, with officers accompanying him on board.
Air enterprise deputy defender Group Captain Monthon Satchukorn denied the opinion occupation deployed F16s to vigor the plain to land. The fighters were identical rehearsing for an air show to mark Air Force Day today, he said.
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