Malaysia Airlines hijacker was Sri Lankan on student visa. A man who allegedly threatened to blow up a plane carrying more than 3. Melbourne had been released from psychiatric care the same day. Victoria Police originally thought there was more than one terror threat on board Malaysia Airlines flight MH1. Kuala Lumpur, so they waited up to 9. The 2. 5- year- old Sri Lankan national, living in Dandenong and on a student visa, was arrested early on Thursday morning following the overnight drama. He faces two charges against the Crimes Aviation Act and will appear in court on Thursday.'He had been released from psychiatric care from the Monash Medical Centre (on Wednesday), and from there, we believe he has purchased a ticket on this plane,' Chief Commissioner Graham Ashton said. Scroll down for video Pictured: Sri Lankan national, 2. Dandenong, charged with allegedly threatening to blow up a plane flying from Melbourne to Kuala Lumpur. A man (pictured) who threatened to blow up a plane carrying more than 3. Melbourne had been released from psychiatric care the same day. Elite specialist police officers waited 9. About 3. 0 minutes into the late night Wednesday flight, the man claimed to have explosives in a device that one witness said looked like a 'boombox'. As he tried to move toward the cockpit, passengers grabbed him and tied him up while the flight returned to Melbourne. Former AFL player Andrew Leoncelli told 3. AW the man screamed: 'I've got a bomb and I'm going to f***ing blow the plane up' before flight attendants and other passengers tackled and restrained him. Passengers criticised the length of time they had to wait on the tarmac not knowing if there was a bomb on the plane or not.'If there was a bomb on that plane we should have been evacuated from it. Instead we sat there,' passenger Stan Young told reporters. The 2. 5- year- old Sri Lankan national (pictured), living in Dandenong and on a student visa, was arrested early on Thursday morning following the overnight drama. Passengers criticised the length of time they had to wait on the tarmac not knowing if there was a bomb on the plane or not. But Mr Ashton said there were initial reports about there being possibly more than one offender or device on board.'(I) absolutely understand if you are on a plane in that situation, it could seem like a long wait,' he said.'We have to make sure all possibilities are taken into account, including the possibilities of co- offenders, or, if there was an explosive device, the possibility of there being other explosive devices where the sudden removal of the passengers could cause difficulty.'Formed in 1. Victoria's Special Operations Group (SOG) were called in amid the terrifying incident. Sri Lanka, the beautiful spice island once known as Ceylon, is a rich melting pot of cuisines. It seems every nationality that has visited and traded over the years. Dramatic footage shows gun- wielding officers wearing the SOG's iconic black coveralls and bullet- proof vests storm the flight as terrified passengers watched on. The elite unit deals with critical incidents such as sieges and hostage situations - and also acts as Victoria's bomb squad. SOG officers were seen bursting through the doors after the plane was forced to return to Melbourne Airport just minutes after take off. Dramatic video shows them pulling the suspect from the floor before escorting him off the aircraft, carrying him by his arms and legs as he groans and kicks. Passenger Selena Brown said most frustrating part was seeing police outside the plane and wondering why they were taking so long to board (status on flight pictured)After making an emergency landing, the plane sat on the tarmac with passengers still onboard for more than two hours. Lachie Langford (pictured) said his girlfriend, who was on board the flight, had sent him a message saying she feared for her life. The airline said the man was apprehended by airport security after the plane landed and was sent to a remote part of the airport. All other flights were diverted to Avalon, near Geelong, with Melbourne Airport in lockdown at the time. Mr Ashton said the man was being interviewed by Victorian and federal police, and he was expected to face Melbourne Magistrates' Court later on Thursday. He has been interviewed over commonwealth offences including making threats and false claims, and endangering aircraft safety. Mr Ashton said both carry a maximum of 1. Ahead of India’s five-ODI series against Sri Lanka starting Sunday, a look at the five key player battles to watch out for. Malaysia Airlines 'hijacker' is a Sri Lankan chef on a student visa - and was released from psychiatric care on the same day he boarded Flight MH128. Dailymirror.lk – Sri Lanka 24 Hours Online Breaking News : News, Politics, Video, Finance, Business, Sports, Entertainment, Travel. Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews backed the police approach to the incident.'There's a standard process to work through and none of us can really know how traumatic it would have been,' he said.'It would have been certainly worse if police had rushed in and potentially made a bad situation much, much worse.'Australian readers seeking support and information about depression can contact Lifeline on 1. Passengers on board the plane said the man was holding a 'huge, metallic' object with antennas coming out of it. In antiquity, Sri Lanka was known to travellers by a variety of names. According to the Mahavamsa, the legendary Prince Vijaya named the land Tambapanni ("copper-red. Get the latest international news and world events from Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and more. See world news photos and videos at ABCNews.com. 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ODI hundred off only 7. Sri Lanka by an Indian batsman after Virender Sehwag's 6. Rajkot in 2. 00. 9. The left- hander raised an unbeaten 1. Virat Kohli, who scored 8. Sri Lanka after being invited to bat enjoyed its best starts since India's arrival in the country but suffered a batting collapse to be all out for 2. Niroshan Dickwella (6. Danushka Gunathilaka (3. Left arm spinner Axar Patel was the stand out bowler for India with career- best figures of three for 3. He was playing his first international match since October last year. Chasing a paltry 2. India did not make the best of starts as Rohit Sharma (4) was run out in the fifth over when he lost his bat and did not ground his feet behind the crease to beat Chamara Kapugedara's throw. He made a slow start and was clearly rusty from sitting out the first half of this tour. But Dhawan batted like he had been throughout this trip and put the Lankan attack to the sword once again. With Kohli for company, he brought up India's 5. Their 5. 0- run partnership came off only 3. While Dhawan played some attacking strokes, Kohli was content with rotating strike. They never looked at any discomfort during their stay at the crease together, and indeed Sri Lanka did not look like breaking this partnership either. Dhawan reached his half- century off 3. He did not slow down thereafter either and kept attacking the Lankan bowlers with their partnership crossing the 1. The opener, though got a life on 8. Vishwa Fernando with keeper Dickwella diving full stretch to his left but unable to pouch the edge. At the other end, Kohli scored his 4. ODI half- century off 5. The Indian skipper accelerated thereafter, scoring 3. Dhawan was again dropped off Lasith Malinga in the 2. Lankan shoulders dropped. The hosts were soon put out of their misery as India won with 2. Earlier, Sri Lankan fans turned up at the venue expecting an improved showing from the meek surrender in the preceding Test series but they were left disappointed. India opted to go in with left- arm spinner Patel and leg spinner Yuzvendra Chahal as Kuldeep Yadav was surprisingly left out. Sri Lanka openers Gunathilaka and Niroshan played out the first five overs calmly, testing out the opening pair of Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Jasprit Bumrah (2/2. Dickwella later played some attacking shots as Lanka reached 5. Their 5. 0- partnership had come off 5. India were bereft of ideas to break their stand. Dickwella reached his 5th ODI half- century off 6. But things started happening when the spinners, particularly Kedar Jadhav (2/2. In the 1. 4th over, Dickwella survived a run- out attempt with a dive, but then in that same over, Gunathilaka perished playing a needless reverse sweep off Chahal (2/6. Kusal Mendis (3. 6) then played some attractive strokes and put on 6. Dickwella as they looked to attack the Indian spinners. Jadhav though trapped the opener lbw in the 2. DRS review either. The big blow came when Patel bowled Mendis against the run of play in the 2. Lanka still looked good to reach 2. First, skipper Upul Tharanga (1. Jadhav in the 3. 3rd over and was caught at long on. In the next over, Kohli ran out Chamara Kapugedara (1) with a straight hit from extra cover. In the same passage of play, Bumrah cleaned up Thisara Perera (0) with a beautiful yorker and Lanka's hopes of a challenging total all but vanished. Patel accounted for Waninda Hasaranga (2) and Lakshan Sandakan (5) to dismiss any fightback from the lower order. It was his best effort in ODI cricket, going past 3/3. South Africa in Indore (2. Lasith Malinga (8) put on 2. Angelo Mathews (3. Lankan score past 2. But the former departed in an attacking manner, stumped off a wide delivery from Chahal as the Lankan innings crossed the 4. They didn't last long however, despite Mathews' best efforts, with Bumrah cleaning up Vishwa Fernando (0) in the 4.
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