Muslim brothers plotted poison gas terror attack when plan to bring down an Etihad flight out of Sydney failed
- Two brothers accused of plot to bring down a flight out of Sydney face court
- Khaled Mahmoud Khayat, 52, and Mahmoud Khayat, 34, have pleaded not guilty
- The two appeared in News South Wales Supreme Court on Monday
- Authorities allege when the plane attack failed they plotted a gas attack
Two Muslim brothers plotted to bring down an Etihad flight out of Sydney with a bomb hidden in a meat grinder, a jury has been told.
When the plan was abandoned, they then plotted a lethal poison gas attack.
Khaled Mahmoud Khayat, 52, and Mahmoud Khayat, 34, have pleaded not guilty in the NSW Supreme Court.
Two Muslim brothers plotted to bring down an Etihad flight out of Sydney with a bomb hidden in a meat grinder, a jury has been told (stock image)
The gas attack involved members of the public being exposed to a toxic substance in a confined space, prosecutor Lincoln Crowley QC said in the crown opening address on Monday.
Khaled and Mahmoud are accused of conspiring - between January 20 and July 29 in 2017 - with their brother Tarek in Syria and another person to do acts in preparation for, or planning, a terrorist act.
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The Australian Federal Police allege that 48-year-old Tarek directed his Sydney based brothers to plant the bomb on the Etihad flight.
They are accused of putting the bomb in the luggage of an unwitting fourth brother, Amer, on the flight from Sydney to Abu Dhabi.
Authorities have said the plot was foiled only when Etihad check in staff told Amer Khayat that his bags were overweight.
The alleged bomb was removed and Amer continued on his journey.
Khaled Mahmoud Khayat, 52, and Mahmoud Khayat, 34, have pleaded not guilty in the NSW Supreme Court (pictured)
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