US Airways plane turns round mid-air after birthday bomb hoax is played on one of its passengers6 d1 I# s0 G0 U/ V3 J- R/ O
- 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.
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9 W) w7 E% x& N 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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Victim? Police said Christopher Shell (pictured) is not considered to be a suspect
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' b# I( v: Z- `' Z$ O5 ^3 C" B公仔箱論壇Emergency u-turn: Christopher Shell was removed from the craft while it was searchedTVBNOW 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。' p& y0 }1 m' ]8 p- K
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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.! Z% m6 y, z, X
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The plane returned to Philadelphia where it was met by a slew of law enforcement vehicles and personnel." O# r0 T9 x8 h) B3 }6 d6 s
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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.
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0 ]$ R8 d; M {公仔箱論壇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.0 |3 ]+ e/ F& w, e
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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.
3 {( s4 C7 e: P q% [7 \5.39.217.76Brag: Christopher Shell quickly recovered from his shock to offer up his story in exchange for cash6 H, I* v0 }. ^2 c
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v- B) n; A4 B+ s8 U5.39.217.76Rant: 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.'tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb1 b0 @& n0 W* K* W2 N9 u+ T0 l4 ~
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Bomb technicians and specially trained dogs searched the plane but found nothing illegal or hazardous, Sullivan said.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb( R: h" ~. Q" G: P4 A
4 F d5 ?$ A! J! \% G! `# fPolice believe the scare was a practical joke, played on Shell as he celebrated his 29th birthday, NBC reported.
; l: U& p7 @, U$ `- A+ I* R. I1 yShell did nothing wrong and was the victim of 'a pretty nasty trick,' Sullivan said.
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He made a swift recovery, however, taking to Facebook to offer up his story in exchange for cash.
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1 S! d8 o2 R$ F1 u3 `" D5.39.217.76'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 $$$!'tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb5 h O7 k0 B" A2 y5 z
( \. m0 p( d% E: w5.39.217.76Earlier 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6 p: u/ ]3 ^5 j4 `" Z& v$ p* g
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$ O1 s* o$ B+ JNasty hoax: The US Airways plane was searched after being ordered back to Philadelphia International Airport following a report of explosives onboard
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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.公仔箱論壇! I4 X3 c/ D4 c& g6 ^
- M5 p }, `; x$ S( j'It's just an incredibly foolish and irresponsible thing to do and, bottom line, it's criminal,' Sullivan said.$ u* \/ B+ v. R% q
/ b& P) t+ h( l5.39.217.76Earlier, 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.
( K9 b$ X; J/ d. l) U! W5 Z公仔箱論壇The airplane had 69 passengers and five crew members on board, airport spokeswoman Victoria Lupica said.
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FBI 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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