Passenger stabbed on flight
16/07/2003 08:53  - (SA)  

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Sydney - An airline passenger was stabbed in the neck during a Thai Airways flight from Bangkok to Sydney on Wednesday, Australian Federal Police said.

A police spokesperson said a 50-year-old man was stabbed in the head and neck with an undisclosed weapon in what is believed to have been an argument over seating arrangements.

The man, a Thai-born Australian resident, was taken to hospital after the plane touched down in Sydney, but police said his injuries were not life-threatening.

A 22-year-old man from Sydney was being questioned by police over the incident.

The Australian government has announced plans to increase airline security after a number of incidents in recent months.

Last month a Sydney man was arrested for brandishing a knife on board a Virgin Blue flight from Sydney to Cairns.

And on May 29 a man armed with two sharpened wooden stakes allegedly tried to hijack a Qantas jet between Melbourne and Launceston.

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