CANBERRA, ACT, April 3 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release:
A southwest Sydney man has been fined $10,000 by the Downing Centre Local Court for posting an online threat towards an international flight on which he planned to travel.
The man, 22, used social media to post a threat towards a Philippines-bound flight on 19 December, 2024. He boarded that same flight at Sydney Airport a few hours later as a passenger.
The AFP received a referral that day about the online threat, screened the flight and established there were no explosives onboard.
When the 22-year-old returned to Australia in January, 2025, he was interviewed by AFP investigators and issued with a court attendance notice to appear before the Downi...