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VELUTHA PARAMBATH, PASSENGER: Before flying, we were fairly relaxed, and we were obviously very excited to be back home.
MOHAMMAD ALI ARIF: My name is Mohammad, slave of Allah. Are you a slave of Allah? Are you? Say it. Say it.MOHAMMAD ALI ARIF: How dare you say this, that the Muslims do this! RICHARD DE CRESPIGNY: The pilot in command will ultimately make the decision but he has at this stage hundreds or perhaps even a 1000 people working to assist him with knowledge.VELUTHA PARAMBATH: They just sat with them, agreed with whatever he was saying, and this was the bit where the captain announced that we were going back to Sydney, but they announced it really well. So they just said that because of air traffic reasons, we can't proceed further.
EMILY BAKER: After a long wait on the tarmac, Australian Federal Police boarded the flight and arrested 45-year-old Canberra man, Mohammad Ali Arif.
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