Singapore  - A Turkish national was slapped a 656 US dollar fine for spreading the word that a plane getting ready to take off from Singapore's Changi Airport would blow up, the Straits Times reported Tuesday.

Ismet Nurcin, 30, was also jailed for a month by a Community Court on another charge of using criminal force on an airport auxiliary police officer in the transit lounge of the airport's Terminal 1 on August 29.

Responding to the police officer's question about whether he was to board the Turkish Airlines flight, Nurcin responded: "No, the aircraft is going to explode." Nurcin also threatened to "get" the police officer and then shoved him and scratch his hand. He became violent and was subdued by the police.

Nurcin, now an Australian permanent resident, has paid the fine and had the jail sentence backdated to August 30.

Nurcin's lawyer SS Dhillon pleaded for leniency saying his client was suffering from substance-induced psychosis and had taken drugs two days before arriving at the airport from Perth.

He also added that Nurcin was rattled by the sight of arms-bearing security officers during the five hours he was in transit at Changi Airport.

Nurcin could have been fined up to 1,313.20 US dollars for using threatening words and jailed up to four years and/or fined for using criminal force on a public servant on duty.

Arrangements were being made for Nurcin to leave Singapore, according to the daily. (dpa)