 Chatty was arrested at the Stockholm-Västerås Airport on August 29, 2002, as he was trying to board a Ryanair Flight 685 headed to the London Stansted Airport, with a loaded pistol in his hand luggage, contained in a bag of toiletries.He was charged with attempted hijacking, but claimed he was only on his way with a group of others to an Islamic conference in Birmingham.An organiser of the conference in Birmingham said however that it was "highly unlikely" that the suspected hijacker was due to attend the conference.