SYDNEY, March 6, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Passengers overpowered a 17-year-old boy armed with a shotgun and ammunition on Thursday as he tried to board a plane near the Australian city of Melbourne, police said.

"No doubt this would have been a very terrifying incident for the passengers of that plane," police superintendent Michael Reid told reporters following the incident involving a Jetstar flight at Avalon Airport.