Expat jailed for shouting ‘Allah-o-Akbar’ on Emirates plane

London : A Pakistani-origin man was on Monday jailed for 10 weeks for triggering panic and frightening passengers on a UK-bound flight by shouting “Allah-o-Akbar” and “boom”. Shehraz Sarwar caused alarm with his behaviour during turbulence on-board an Emirates Boeing 777 from Dubai to Birmingham in February this year.

“There was terrible turbulence during the flight and some passengers were very frightened. The defendant started chanting Allah-o-Akbar over and over again and very loudly. People were getting very distressed with his behaviour. When the plane finally landed, he shouted ‘boom’,” prosecutor Alex Warren told Birmingham Crown Court.

“It left some passengers in tears while one man angrily confronted the defendant before being told to sit down by cabin staff. Police were then called and the defendant was arrested,” he said. Warren informed the court of Sarwar’s previous convictions for dishonesty and violence, Birmingham