Teen with gun on plane disarmed and tackled by passengers
A 17-year-old boy has been charged after he allegedly entered a commercial flight in Australia with a gun, before being tackled and disarmed by passengers and crew members.
The teen allegedly tried to board Jetstar flight JQ610 from Avalon Airport just outside of Melbourne, bound for Sydney, around 2:20 p.m. on Thursday, Victoria Police and the airline said. He had climbed through a hole in the airport fence, police said, and was dressed as an aircraft maintenance worker, according to video of the incident and eyewitness accounts.
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