US Airways plane turns round mid-air after birthday bomb hoax is played on one of its passengers公仔箱論壇# u( z* y5 w% b p0 e( }/ K/ j
- 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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A 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. [* y; f0 y3 A5 v) _
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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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& p$ u0 @- V& G7 r/ x7 j6 v% j公仔箱論壇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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb& p3 a2 K6 g" w1 h4 h
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$ R. |; C; u p1 t/ S/ w5.39.217.76Emergency u-turn: Christopher Shell was removed from the craft while it was searched
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0 k4 f- t' @( RTVBNOW 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.
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The plane returned to Philadelphia where it was met by a slew of law enforcement vehicles and personnel.
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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' v9 n% p) Y! d* W/ x5 u4 T
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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.5.39.217.760 g0 T5 P5 I5 O/ z0 t, Q
" E8 M4 _' O0 r2 Y7 n) p5.39.217.76'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.
! i' L8 h9 c" ~' A, X% P5.39.217.76Brag: Christopher Shell quickly recovered from his shock to offer up his story in exchange for cashTVBNOW 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。9 l% N* t; {$ }, ~ N
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Rant: Shell moaned about the flight on FacebookTVBNOW 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。+ ], C6 W: ^; B. A3 l( n4 C
; G7 r7 @! |2 s4 y) c+ y5.39.217.76'And he was certainly stunned. And that's why this is no joke, this is no laughing matter.'
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8 {6 c* e$ F& V. e6 etvb now,tvbnow,bttvbBomb technicians and specially trained dogs searched the plane but found nothing illegal or hazardous, Sullivan said.
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Shell did nothing wrong and was the victim of 'a pretty nasty trick,' Sullivan said.
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' w# V3 U% i! Q/ z5 }5.39.217.76He made a swift recovery, however, taking to Facebook to offer up his story in exchange for cash.
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4 p% N5 v! u$ m* E, g9 n2 w'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 $$$!'
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Earlier 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!'0 _- r% E% ?# @* _" o& s3 K
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Nasty hoax: The US Airways plane was searched after being ordered back to Philadelphia International Airport following a report of explosives onboard( K; y: [8 ~0 ?) Z' h8 M
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Sullivan 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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb! o2 N2 Q' J5 }. a) ^" E. f. o% {
1 ]2 `+ Z. K h9 w( }: P9 ZEarlier, 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.
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Sullivan said the investigation into the phone call had been turned over to the FBI.
, S/ |! }1 U9 X, R3 Mtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbFBI Special Agent Richard Quinn said it was too early to speculate about what sort of charges could be filed against the caller, but they could be severe.
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