Man arrested after bomb hoax note found on Australian airliner

A passenger was arrested after an Australian domestic airliner landed in a regional airport on Tuesday because of a note found near a toilet, police said. Police would not comment on a report in The Australian newspaper alleging that the passenger wrote on a sick bag that he had stashed a bomb on the Virgin Australia ATR 72 twin-engine turboprop plane. Australian Broadcasting Corp. reported that a single-word note was found near the toilet. “Police and emergency services went to the airport after receiving information that a note was located in the toilet area of the aircraft,” a police statement said. “The aircraft landed safely and a man was arrested.” Virgin said the 68-seat Flight 1174 from Sydney to the New South Wales state town of Albury was met by police “due to a security incident on board.” Police said they took less than five minutes after the plane landed to get the passengers off. The passenger had not been charged by late Tuesday.<br/>