Plane passenger busted after ranting about Allah: reports

A passenger aboard a flight from Australia to Malaysia was busted after allegedly threatening to blow the plane up Monday — with alarming video capturing him holding a bag while ranting about being a “slave to Allah.”

Flight MH122 to Kuala Lumpur was forced to return to Sydney more than three hours after takeoff Monday afternoon — then sat on an isolated area of tarmac while police dealt with the “emergency incident.”

The bald, bearded suspect was caught on numerous videos ranting at some of the 12 crew and nearly 200 passengers, with some calling him “aggressive” and a “lunatic.”

“My name is Mohammed, slave of Allah,” he says in one of the videos posted on X, the platform formerly called Twitter.

“Are you a slave of Allah? Are you? Say it. Say it! Are you a slave of Allah?”

He repeats the question several times as he points at various people, with a crew member seemingly trying to placate him by replying, “Yes, I am.”

In other clips, he rants against people speaking badly about Muslims while also saying his heart “burns.”

He had a black backpack strapped to his chest and threatened to “blow the plane up,” Australia’s 9News reported. However, no explosives were found inside the bag, the outlet stressed.

The Airbus A330 landed back at Sydney Airport, where it reportedly sat on a remote part of the tarmac for about three hours as emergency vehicles surrounded the aircraft.

“In the interest of safety, the commander of the flight made a decision to return to Sydney,” Malaysia Airlines said, blaming a “disruptive passenger.”

Sydney Airport said 32 domestic flights were canceled and many more were delayed.

Australian Federal Police (AFP) described it as an “emergency incident.”

The 45-year-old suspect, who was not identified, is expected to be charged later Monday, the force said.

“The AFP will not divulge operational matters, however, an emergency response plan was enacted and an evacuation was initiated once it was deemed safe for passengers and crew,” the AFP told 9 News in a statement. “There is no impending threat to the community.”

Malaysia Airlines said “the aircraft will be thoroughly inspected by the police. Passengers will be transferred to the next available flights after obtaining clearance from the authorities.”

With Post wires