An unruly Muslim man who went on an unhinged rant on a Malaysia Airlines flight headed for Kuala Lumpur from Australia, forcing the plane to turn back, has become the latest scandal in the carrier’s troubled history. Dramatic video showed Muhammad Ali Arif calling himself a ‘slave of Allah’ before challenging other passengers to repeat that they were also ‘slaves of Allah.’
Daily MailWitnesses said the drama unfolded about 45 minutes after the Airbus-A330 took-off when he reached into his bag and claimed something ‘dangerous’ was inside.
The plane landed back in Sydney just before 4pm before Arif was arrested by police three hours later, held in custody overnight, and charged on Tuesday.
Malaysia Airlines has been plagued by controversy in the past with the airline receiving bomb threats, a staff member being accused of sexual assault, and a number of planes crashing killing hundreds of passengers.
“My name is Mohammed, slave of Allah. Are you a slave of Allah?” The plane that left Sydney and headed for Kuala Lumpur was forced to return to Australia after threats from a Muslim man, who was later arrested, to passengers and crew members. pic.twitter.com/oKROj8AkdJ
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Steve says
Moslems being disruptive passengers during air travel.
Where have we heard that one before?
Dino says
Wish I was on that flight, They only want to fight when they outnumber their victim, This Musrat is a one puncher with your jab.
jarmanray says
If I had to travel to Kuala Lumpur, I would choose Thai International from Sydney into Bangkok and then an other Thai International into KL. The old commercial about Malasia being “Truly Asia,” definitely is not applicable which is a shame as having traveled a lot of Malasia via automobile (even over to Penang) and enjoyed every moment with my wife, it appears that is not possible today.
BareNakedIslam says
I used to like Cathay Pacific. Are they still in business?
southern knight says
we need an ejection seat a;a James Bond over the ocean press the button no more trouble any objectors take a seat and repeat the program/I want one on every passenger aircraft.
ozgaza says
SLAVE OF ALLAH? I have had a gutfull of these primitve violent disgusting individuals….Support to Israel and the ADF.