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News.com.au
15-07-2025
- News.com.au
Fake name, shock arrest: Brisbane jetsetter escapes with fine
A Brisbane jetsetter has escaped with a $1700 fine for using a fake name to board a flight, after an alleged phone conversation about a bomb led to his dramatic arrest. Bernhard Freddy Roduner, 44, was found guilty of using false identification to obtain a flight ticket on Tuesday. He boarded a Brisbane-bound flight at Sydney Airport on January 14, and was allegedly overheard referring to a bomb during a phone conversation before takeoff. He was escorted off the Virgin Australia plane by police and was found to be travelling under a fake name. Officers searched the aircraft and confirmed there was no threat of a bomb. Mr Roduner earlier told the Daily Mail a woman sitting in a row in front of him may have misinterpreted him telling a colleague 'Tassie is the bomb', as he was returning from a trip in Tasmania visiting friends and regularly used the phrase. Mr Roduner also suggested his vaguely middle eastern appearance may have played a role in the incident. He was charged with one count of taking a constitutional flight with a ticket obtained with false identity information, one count of using false identification information at a constitutional airport and one count of threatening aviation security. The first charge has a maximum $16,500 fine and the third carries a potential one year prison sentence however Mr Roduner was fined only $1000 for the first and $700 for the second. Mr Roduner's earlier charge of threatening aviation staff was dismissed in June. He appeared in Downing Centre Local Court in March to plead not guilty to the offences. Mr Roduner said the fake name accusation was also the product of an unfortunate mix up, claiming a friend in Tasmania had booked his flight home via Sydney and their name was used on the ticket. It comes after Australian Federal Police Detective Superintendent Morgan Blunden said the AFP would not tolerate threats to aviation. 'Travelling on an aircraft should be a safe experience for passengers and airline crew alike,' Mr Blunden said. 'The AFP will continue to work closely with airline partners to deal with any behaviour that interferes with aviation security.'
CNA
21-06-2025
- CNA
Bomb threat diverts plane of Haj pilgrims in Indonesia, second in days
JAKARTA: A plane carrying hundreds of Haj pilgrims back to Indonesia from the Middle East was diverted on Saturday (Jun 21) after a bomb threat, the transport ministry and police said, the second such incident in a week. Saudia Airlines flight SV5688 had flown from the Saudi city of Jeddah to the Omani capital of Muscat before travelling on to Indonesia where it was due to land in Surabaya, a city on the main island of Java. But air traffic control officers in the Indonesian capital Jakarta received a call about a bomb threat for the flight, prompting its diversion to Kualanamu International Airport in Medan city Saturday morning, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation said. Regional airport authority head Asri Santosa said in a statement that officers were checking the plane after its arrival but the airport on Sumatra island remained operational. All 376 passengers, Haj pilgrims from Java, and 13 crew members were safe at the airport, North Sumatra police spokesman Ferry Walintukan told AFP. A bomb squad was deployed to sweep the aircraft. The passengers are due to resume their journey on Sunday, said Asri. According to Indonesian news site Tempo, the country's anti-terror squad Densus 88 is investigating the latest bomb threat. On Tuesday, a plane carrying 442 Haj pilgrims back from Saudi Arabia to Jakarta was also diverted to Medan after an email bomb threat was sent to authorities. The Indonesian National Police (Polri) is in contact with the US Federal Bureau of Investigation on the email bomb threat, Polri chief General Listyo Sigit Prabowo told reporters on Saturday.
