About 10 minutes after Flight 128 took off from Melbourne, Marks walked from his economy seat to the cockpit door clutching an electronic device and threatening to blow up the plane, creating panic among passengers. Passengers subdued him and tied him up with belts. “At that point, he was essentially trussed up,” Ashton told reporters. His lawyer Tess Dunsford told the magistrate Marks suffered from a psychiatric illness and would not apply for bail. Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was shot down over the Ukraine in 2014 with the loss of all 283 passengers and 15 crew.

Source: National Post June 01, 2017 12:45 UTC