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Butler on alleged hijack plot: ‘Sends shivers down the spine of every Australian’
Authorities are investigating a disrupted plan to hijack a passenger aircraft in Australia, with the aim of forcing it to fly to a hostile Middle Eastern country, Labor Minister Mark Butler has confirmed.
Although the attempt to seize control of the plane was stopped, the case is still the focus of a detailed counter-terrorism inquiry.
Health Minister Mark Butler confirmed the alleged plot on Sunrise on Friday morning:
“Obviously any report of a potential hijacking sends shivers down the spine of every Australian. Particularly Australians who fly. I want to be cautious about this. As you reported, Nat this alleged hijacker is in custody,” he said.
“There’s no threat to the Australian community. But there’s a suppression order on this for good reason. Investigations are still underway by our intelligence and security agencies.
“So we don’t want to speculate about other aspects of this issue. We want to let our agencies do their work and that will all come out in due course and be prosecuted in the normal way.”
