American who allegedly made false bomb threat on SIA flight charged

The 37-year-old man who was arrested for allegedly making a false bomb threat on a Singapore Airlines (SIA) flight was charged on Thursday for causing alarm and voluntarily causing hurt. Singapore Airlines flight SQ33, which landed at Changi Airport on Wednesday, was travelling from San Francisco to Singapore when American La Andy Hien Duc allegedly shouted that there was a bomb on the plane. He also grabbed another passenger's luggage from the cabin's overhead compartment. In a statement on Thursday, the police said he then allegedly assaulted a cabin crew member who tried to intervene and restrain him. La Andy Hien Duc was one of 208 passengers on board the SQ flight, which left San Francisco at 10.26pm on Monday (Tuesday, 1.26pm Singapore time) for Singapore. Preliminary investigations revealed that he had claimed there was a bomb in a hand-carry bag nearly six hours from arrival in Singapore.<br/>