Two charged in Australia with airline bomb plot ‘had Isis help’

Sydney men failed to smuggle device through check-in as it was too heavy, police say

Police continue to search a home in Surry Hills, Sydney, Australia. Two men appeared in court on Friday in relation to an alleged terror plot to bring down an aircraft. Photograph: Joel Carrett/EPA

Police continue to search a home in Surry Hills, Sydney, Australia. Two men appeared in court on Friday in relation to an alleged terror plot to bring down an aircraft. Photograph: Joel Carrett/EPA

Two men were charged with terrorist offences in Sydney on Friday over an alleged plot to smuggle a bomb on to an Etihad Airways flight, which authorities say was organised with help from Islamic State.

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