US Airways plane turns round mid-air after birthday bomb hoax is played on one of its passengersTVBNOW 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。, Y0 a) C3 Y6 @, ?4 f1 _+ 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 $$$!'
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/ z* ~) o& D& B5 RA 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.$ C7 Q! C) ~8 D- 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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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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" \: e; s" J; F+ X5 `4 Dtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbVictim? Police said Christopher Shell (pictured) is not considered to be a suspect
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5 Y! w; s, C: j: eEmergency 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。4 C2 g( a/ F1 O- f+ z( f" M
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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.
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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.
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3 m& ^5 \3 V* M7 D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.公仔箱論壇) b- g' O3 l z$ D
# _& J+ N& ~! Z# {" [9 w$ FTVBNOW 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。'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.
: h7 B% `/ t6 T. n5.39.217.76Brag: Christopher Shell quickly recovered from his shock to offer up his story in exchange for cash公仔箱論壇- _( v# i) X; R ~
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Rant: Shell moaned about the flight on Facebook5.39.217.764 X/ L8 c" a2 n+ |" I$ }
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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.
) S7 K, C4 o8 J/ W+ AShell did nothing wrong and was the victim of 'a pretty nasty trick,' Sullivan said.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。5 r/ q! W- J( l: [
/ d, a6 t1 _. n4 D公仔箱論壇He made a swift recovery, however, taking to Facebook to offer up his story in exchange for cash.
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4 |* N$ T( K3 W1 x: V5 g# H公仔箱論壇'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 $$$!'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。+ a. B% N+ Z5 n$ A6 o; X
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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!'公仔箱論壇1 F; |8 \+ S$ W3 @5 [
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/ T7 H5 Y' [2 r C( Q公仔箱論壇Nasty 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.
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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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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.5.39.217.766 }4 A/ l( i0 r3 k- X
The airplane had 69 passengers and five crew members on board, airport spokeswoman Victoria Lupica said.
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% _' q- K9 E4 u1 P. uSullivan said the investigation into the phone call had been turned over to the FBI.
; ?5 \( v$ O8 s! ?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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