A 17-year-old boy with a loaded shotgun boarded a plane at an Australian airport before being restrained by a pilot and two passengers, police said Friday.The boy was disarmed and detained before police arrived on the scene Thursday at Avalon Airport in Victoria state.Victoria Police Superintendent Michael Reid told reporters the boy from Ballarat in regional Victoria had climbed through a hole in the airport’s security fence before making his way to the plane’s stairs.Reid credited pilot and passengers with restraining the boy."This would have been a very terrifying incident for the passengers of that plane and Victoria Police really commend the bravery of those passengers who were able to overpower that male," Reid said.The boy has been charged with multiple offenses including unlawfully taking control of an aircraft, orchestrating a bomb hoax and possessing a firearm, a police statement said.He was remanded in custody to appear in a children’s court on a date to be determined.
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00:00Male acting alone has breached the security fence of Avalon Airport
00:06approximately two kilometres from where we're standing to the west. He's made his
00:11way to a Jetstar flight that was bound for Sydney. As he's approached the plane
00:18he's mounted or climbed the front stairs to the front of the plane. At that point
00:27passengers have identified that male was carrying a firearm. The male was
00:34overpowered by three of the passengers at least and shortly afterwards police
00:43have arrived and taken that male into custody. No doubt this would have been a
00:49very terrifying incident for the passengers of that plane and Victoria
00:56Police truly commend the bravery of those passengers who were able to
01:02overpower that male.