Australian police on Tuesday (Aug 15) charged a man after he allegedly claimed to have explosives on board a Malaysia Airlines flight from Sydney to Kuala Lumpur, forcing it to return to Sydney.

Muhammad Arif, 45, was charged with making a false statement about a threat to damage a plane and not complying with cabin crew's safety instructions.

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