Passengers on JQ610 flight to Sydney from Melbourne, helped the cabin crew detain a teenager who allegedly attempted to board the JetStar plane armed with a shotgun

A 17-year-old boy was allegedly carrying live ammunition rounds along with a shotgun when he boarded a Jetstar flight on the tarmac of a Victorian airport yesterday. The teenager was arrested and charged following the incident,

According to Australian media, one of the men who helped tackle the teenager said he was confident he could stop him because he was from "a sporting family".

The teenager is believed to have crept through a hole in the security fence surrounding Avalon airport, about 60km southwest of Melbourne city.

The young man from Victoria, who was dressed in high-vis similar to airport ground crew, was tackled to the ground by passengers.

The 17-year-old was overpowered by passengers and pinned to the floor of the plane after trying to board the Jetstar flight near Melbourne on Thursday afternoon, Victoria Police s

A 17-year-old boy has faced court for the first time after allegedly forcing his way onto a Jetstar plane with a firearm.

Several heroic passengers were able to detain a 17-year-old boy who allegedly dressed as a maintenance worker to board a Jetstar flight at an Australian airport with a shotgun and ammunition,