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| Malaysian Airlines plane turns back after cockpit entry bid | |
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| A Malaysian Airlines plane has been forced to turn back to Melbourne airport after a passenger tried to enter the cockpit. | A Malaysian Airlines plane has been forced to turn back to Melbourne airport after a passenger tried to enter the cockpit. |
| Flight MH128, bound for Kuala Lumpur, was forced to return "due to a disruptive passenger", a statement from the airline said. | |
| The captain turned the plane around after being alerted to a "passenger attempting to enter the cockpit". | The captain turned the plane around after being alerted to a "passenger attempting to enter the cockpit". |
| The plane has landed safely and has requested security assistance. | |
| Malaysia's Transport Minister Liow Tiong Lai also confirmed the flight had "landed safely after being forced to turn back due to a disruptive passenger attempting to enter flight deck". | |
| Aviation analyst Alex Macheras‏ tweeted that the passenger claimed to have explosives, citing air traffic control radio - a report which is still unconfirmed. | |
| The statement from Malaysian Airlines said the plane was in the air for just 30 minutes of its eight-hour flight time before landing. | |
| Flight tracking website FlightRadar24, however, said the plane was airborne for just 14 minutes. |