Australia jails man over Malaysia Airlines plane bomb threat

A Sri Lankan man who threatened to detonate a bomb on a Malaysia Airlines plane has been jailed in Australia. Manodh Marks, 26, forced Kuala Lumpur-bound jet MH128 to turn back to Melbourne in May last year after he tried to access the cockpit. He was later found not to be carrying explosives and in a drug-induced psychosis, a court heard. It is the first time Australia has jailed a person for attempting to take control of an aircraft. Marks will be deported after serving a maximum sentence of 12 years, a judge said Thursday. The flight, carrying more than 200 people, landed safely about 15 minutes after Marks was tackled to the ground by passengers. Marks, who was in Australia on a student visa, had been released from a psychiatric facility on the day of the incident. <br/>