An American whose bomb hoax on a industrial flight induced Singapore to scramble fighter jets changed into sentenced to 4 weeks in jail today, after a courtroom docket located him responsible of inflicting harm with the aid of using slapping a cabin group member. Authorities had dropped expenses in opposition to La Andy Hien Duc over his bogus bomb caution made for the duration of the Singapore Airlines flight from San Francisco on Sept. 28, after thinking about an professional evaluation of his intellectual health. Duc, 37, who seemed in courtroom docket through video link, pleaded responsible to slapping a member of the cabin group for the duration of efforts to restrain him. He has been identified with schizophrenia, in step with his legal professional Johannes Hadi. The courtroom docket heard how Duc had recalled listening to a voice in his head telling him there has been a bomb at the aircraft and to shout that out to alert others. The aircraft needed to be escorted to Singapore with the aid of using fighter jets. “His delusionary beliefs, auditory hallucinations, in addition to psychotic concept ailment have substantially contributed to his offending behaviour,” the choose stated for the duration of the sentence listening to. The prison time period changed into backdated to his arrest and Duc might be launched on Friday and go back to the United States.