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- Philadelphia-Dallas flight forced to do a u-turn after anonymous tipster told police passenger Christopher Shell was carrying explosives
- Shell was removed from the plane in handcuffs and taken off for questioning while the craft was searched
- He had been celebrating his 29th birthday - police believe it was a bad-taste birthday joke
- Nothing was found on either Shell or the plane
- Later wrote on Facebook: 'If u want an interview with me, it will cost u $$$!'
By Daily Mail Reporter
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! r8 R8 h& F3 l$ G( \5 VA 29-year-old celebrating his birthday was the victim of a bomb hoax which forced the airplane he was traveling on to make a u-turn mid-air on Thursday, police said.
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An anonymous caller tipped off police that Christopher Shell was carrying explosives on board the US Airways Philadelphia-Dallas flight in what is believed to have been a bad-taste birthday joke.
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But police and the airline took the allegation seriously and re-routed the plane, sending it back to Philadelphia International Airport, half an hour into the journey.
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# F, w; C- V. |/ I' M. x5.39.217.76Victim? Police said Christopher Shell (pictured) is not considered to be a suspect
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( {. C7 F$ g W3 c$ Z; FEmergency u-turn: Christopher Shell was removed from the craft while it was searched
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* F, S Z& I5 p+ _% P' ]TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。Airport police received the bomb-scare call at around 7.30am claiming Shell was on his way to Texas, carrying a dangerous substance, and contacted the FBI.TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。' R) e/ x/ a4 b6 N
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k. R; L/ K, z4 Y4 O公仔箱論壇Shell was led from the jet wearing handcuffs after the craft made its emergency return to Philadelphia International Airport on Thursday morning.5.39.217.76' I$ |- G. D& P. X; M) }/ O, N
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He was put him in the back of a police car and taken off for questioning, apparently very surprised to be caught up in the midst of the emergency.
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'He was obviously very alarmed, as I would be if heavily armed police officers entered a plane to take me off,' Philadelphia police Chief Inspector Joseph Sullivan said.
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Rant: Shell moaned about the flight on Facebook
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'And he was certainly stunned. And that's why this is no joke, this is no laughing matter.'
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Bomb technicians and specially trained dogs searched the plane but found nothing illegal or hazardous, Sullivan said.
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Police believe the scare was a practical joke, played on Shell as he celebrated his 29th birthday, NBC reported. M" [+ Q# A' h5 |9 T V
Shell did nothing wrong and was the victim of 'a pretty nasty trick,' Sullivan said.5.39.217.768 `1 S7 C8 d$ H. A& \' X
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'If u have questions or want an interview with me, it will cost u $$$ until then,' he wrote. 'Sry. Message me your offers as I'll go with the most $$$!'- @2 l. C2 F5 \
+ S! ~# [) h3 l; {5 t3 R: F5.39.217.76Earlier on he had posted: 'Im not going to lie, I'm pretty disappointed in US Airways currently. We just spent a half hour in the air to be notified that the plane, "has technical difficulties" and had to fly back! Flight 1267 CANCELLED. Gay!'公仔箱論壇# W ?0 B b k1 ^* B' b5 G
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0 a$ T. ]+ f+ x5 R5.39.217.76Sullivan stressed that Shell is not a suspect but added that police are treating the hoax seriously because it had resulted in a heavy police response and a significant hassle for all those on board, he said.
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'It's just an incredibly foolish and irresponsible thing to do and, bottom line, it's criminal,' Sullivan said.
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# |% N; i% z+ Q1 }5 v& ]Earlier, an FBI spokesman said the flight was diverted because of a call reporting liquid explosives were on board. Sullivan declined to discuss the content of the call.
* ]" i4 t' P. Q. C" H5.39.217.76The airplane had 69 passengers and five crew members on board, airport spokeswoman Victoria Lupica said.
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' U5 Y; I% l) `1 y, X4 D! wtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbSullivan said the investigation into the phone call had been turned over to the FBI.
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