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Malaysia Airlines flight forced to return to Australia after disruptive passenger attempted to enter cockpit

Click to play video: 'Police detain man in Melbourne who tried to enter Malaysia Airlines cockpit'
Police detain man in Melbourne who tried to enter Malaysia Airlines cockpit
WATCH ABOVE: Police in Melbourne, Australia detained a man who tried to enter the cockpit on a Kuala Lumpur-bound Malaysia Airlines flight – May 31, 2017

CANBERRA, Australia – Malaysia Airlines says one of its flights was forced to return to Australia after a disruptive passenger attempted to enter the cockpit.

The airline said in a statement that Flight MH128, which was headed from Melbourne to Kuala Lumpur, turned back to Melbourne on Wednesday because of the incident.

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It said the airplane landed safely and was parked at a remote bay at the airport awaiting the arrival of security personnel.

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The statement gave no other details of the incident.

Flightradar24, an aircraft monitoring site, said on Twitter that other flights bound for Melbourne were diverted to other airports.

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