Man, 22, fined after Instagram 'joke' about blowing up plane delays flight at Changi Airport

Singaporean Man, 22, Fined S$3,500 After Instagram 'Bomb Joke' Delays Flight at Changi Airport

He might have been fined up to S$5,000 for sending a threatening message that was likely to raise alarm.

Youth fined $3,500 for posting bomb threat ‘joke’ on Instagram from plane at Changi

The message caused the flight to be pulled off the runway and delayed for over two hours. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Man, 22, fined after Instagram 'joke' about blowing up plane delays flight at Changi Airport

The Etihad Airways plane was delayed for more than two hours and the airline incurred a late departure fee.

'I'm gonna blow the plane up': Man fined S$3.5K for Instagram 'joke' posted from Changi Airport

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As a result of the bomb threat made by Azim, the Etihad Airways flight from Singapore to Abu Dhabi was delayed by two-and-a-half hours and the airline incurred a hefty late departure fee. Representative photo courtesy: Instagram/etihad A Singaporean man, aged 22, has been fined SGD 3,500 in court today for one count of making a threatening communication seen by others and likely to cause alarm. He had posted on Instagram — supposedly as a ‘joke’…

Man, 22, fined $3,500 for bomb threat 'joke' on Instagram while on plane at Changi

While waiting for take-off on a plane that was departing Singapore for Abu Dhabi, a young man posted on his Instagram account: "No one here knows I'm gonna blow the plane up."...