Police defend delay in boarding bomb-threat plane

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A Melbourne man is in police custody after a bomb threat was made on board a Malaysia Airlines flight to Kuala Lumpur. Image: Scottish man Robert Macdonald, one of the passengers credited with intervening (AAP)


Victoria Police say the incident occurred less than 30 minutes after taking off from Melbourne's Tullamarine Airport.


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