Woman threatens to blow up jet for 'seat'

An American woman travelling from Saudi Arabia to Sudan threatened to blow up the aircraft after the crew refused her request to change seat.

The woman, of an Egyptian origin, was travelling from the Western Saudi Red Sea port of Jeddah to Khartoum aboard a Saudia flight when the argument erupted.

“She insisted on changing her seat but the crew members asked her to stay in her seat…she then threatened to blow up the plane,” Sada newspaper said, adding that the captain called in security men, who took the passenger away.

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