'Aviation tri-factor' to blame for Tiger Airways swearing arrest

By Robyn Preston
Updated January 23 2013 - 4:08pm, first published 2:18pm
Tiger Airways...confirmed there was an incident.
Tiger Airways...confirmed there was an incident.

A Perth man reported to face severe Singaporean penalties after swearing while on a Tiger Airways flight, was apprehended due to an "aviation tri-factor"– in that the airline carrier was foreign, the plane was within international airspace and his destination was outside of Australia.

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