Passenger responding with shotgun teenager trying to board the plane in Australia
Sydney – Australian passengers tried to board a plane near Melbourne after sneaking into the airport on Thursday, beating a 17-year-old boy armed with a shotgun and ammunition. Victoria Police Chief Michael Reid told reporters that the teenager entered a plane through a hole in the security fence at Avalon Airport, Victoria Police Chief Michael Reid told reporters.
“When he approached the plane, he installed or climbed the front stairs to the front of the plane,” he said. “At that time, the passengers had confirmed that the male was carrying a gun. At least, the male was overwhelmed by three passengers.”
No one was injured and the police detained the boy.
Reid said the boy had a shotgun, “gun ammunition.”
The plane was originally scheduled to fly to Sydney on a flight operated by Jetstar on a flight operated by Qantas.
Reid said police are in contact with counter-terrorism investigators but are still prematurely building motivations.
“It will undoubtedly be a very terrible event for passengers,” he said. “Victoria police do praise the heroism of those passengers who can overwhelm men.”
The boy seemed to be acting alone in the afternoon incident, and the police did not know.
“It’s very worried that a person can first violate safety, approach the plane, and then put his own way close to the gun into the plane,” Reed said.
It is not known whether he cut holes in the airport security fence or was already there.
Video of the incident aired on Channel 9 of Australia shows a boy wearing a fluorescent green jacket similar to the green jacket worn by the ground staff, fixed to the floor by passengers and pilots.
A flight attendant walked through the close fight, carrying the butt that seemed to be a shotgun.
Passenger Barry Clark, a wool cutter in a rural town in Victoria, said the teenager was “dressed up as a worker” or some sort of “technician.”
Clark told NBC that he seemed “excited”.
“Uncle we knew it, there was a gun – a shotgun appeared – I was worried about a shot,” Clark said. “All I could do was put the gun in the road. Then grab him and throw him on the ground until the police came.
Another passenger, known only as Woodrow, told ABC that he joined Clark, the pilot and another man, helping to keep the boy out after the fight broke out.
“We were all on board, and I sat in a chair for the last time and heard a kerfuffle and saw the pilot and another man dealing with the little boy with a high volt vest.”
Jetstar said it is working with police and airport authorities to investigate the incident.
“We know it will be a very distressing situation,” it said in a statement. “We are very grateful to our clients who assisted our crew in the safety management situation.”
In the United States, the Transportation Safety Administration has handled continuous number of gun stops across airport checkpoints across the country in recent years.
The agency said More than 1,500 guns were intercepted At airport checkpoints in the first quarter of 2024, an average of 16.5 shots per day during this period. This represents a slight decline year-on-year, the agency noted that due to nearly 8% of the total number of leaflets.
