US Airways plane turns round mid-air after birthday bomb hoax is played on one of its passengers
. v2 [8 c, V8 \/ s5 E; {. o3 h- 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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb" t2 E& \+ w. ~1 A/ J# z' D
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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.# \4 h. l* B4 H* O5 r, u
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Victim? Police said Christopher Shell (pictured) is not considered to be a suspect
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Emergency u-turn: Christopher Shell was removed from the craft while it was searched
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: U0 w2 c/ J5 v& n* d; W" z9 P, s6 m公仔箱論壇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+ Z2 w+ U2 R1 l/ f- m# D
+ ?( t- P3 L$ f+ D* p# tHe 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. 9 ?' I9 S8 ]9 F, X) x
Brag: Christopher Shell quickly recovered from his shock to offer up his story in exchange for cash公仔箱論壇9 Q/ s$ C4 r( T* A5 O T
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0 r# _0 F z) Z5 `6 d( M2 G6 _5.39.217.76Rant: Shell moaned about the flight on Facebook5.39.217.763 F, \, c7 }, h% \% p
6 {) M, K+ j9 T6 I* {5 A6 d# W5.39.217.76'And he was certainly stunned. And that's why this is no joke, this is no laughing matter.'
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Police believe the scare was a practical joke, played on Shell as he celebrated his 29th birthday, NBC reported.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。, \! G9 P% I {6 L: N6 L
Shell did nothing wrong and was the victim of 'a pretty nasty trick,' Sullivan said.
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3 Y1 \) r9 K* m( D! R- |He made a swift recovery, however, taking to Facebook to offer up his story in exchange for cash.- u9 ?7 [* h2 y4 I; G/ E
( g/ I, t4 z8 L& c- d. b! m'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,bttvb( y' [3 o1 Z0 z
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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!'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。! o. M! q' m" m0 x1 D# v
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$ g ~+ o$ |+ v0 w. m L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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+ V; V. e$ @! w4 v! T5 J$ }4 W5.39.217.76Sullivan 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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6 S6 k& J( l A" A q+ q- q公仔箱論壇'It's just an incredibly foolish and irresponsible thing to do and, bottom line, it's criminal,' Sullivan said.
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' V- j2 Z& S* S; H6 _7 TTVBNOW 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。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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb# k* G; f. N Y" y7 R q
The airplane had 69 passengers and five crew members on board, airport spokeswoman Victoria Lupica said.
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Sullivan said the investigation into the phone call had been turned over to the FBI.3 @ T; t/ Z6 u$ m
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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