US Airways plane turns round mid-air after birthday bomb hoax is played on one of its passengers
; {. [( a; H& o9 t4 D# p4 S- 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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9 W6 [( z9 a) T8 }5 J, \+ Q& UTVBNOW 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 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.公仔箱論壇" V! y0 K; v8 z8 p N
: y" \; n) J z* [0 z) Y5.39.217.76 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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb% f9 T. ~, l/ s4 N
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6 R N; }3 c$ q! fVictim? Police said Christopher Shell (pictured) is not considered to be a suspect5.39.217.760 l3 W# | t% B2 k7 s2 t
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/ {# e1 c1 u5 }1 a+ OEmergency u-turn: Christopher Shell was removed from the craft while it was searched
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2 h1 d4 X6 m. f- Rtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbAirport 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.% b0 o+ `; e3 J: ]" F
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The plane returned to Philadelphia where it was met by a slew of law enforcement vehicles and personnel." k9 N! t+ j% e8 _
$ x1 S: O" M5 N+ j( [! r8 X- s/ p: g5.39.217.76Shell 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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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., w; B- v/ L& l" B3 z
* q: z# c" a# `& V3 k- R! h! x'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. 公仔箱論壇& a/ q! B- {/ K& ~4 x0 a
Brag: Christopher Shell quickly recovered from his shock to offer up his story in exchange for cash公仔箱論壇3 N+ g0 [1 f1 O( w- m
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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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7 K$ |" B. {: I0 Y# ?0 Stvb now,tvbnow,bttvbPolice 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。: p% U5 ^/ \0 j' M7 n4 [
Shell did nothing wrong and was the victim of 'a pretty nasty trick,' Sullivan said.
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% j2 P: r! Q# \tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbHe made a swift recovery, however, taking to Facebook to offer up his story in exchange for cash.
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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 $$$!'
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* G. @; G% `) m U( G公仔箱論壇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!'/ z2 Y" N* C7 v/ A
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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' o2 I, Q- G* N4 |+ S S
1 m/ U/ z- j6 ~0 }0 T2 F3 i'It's just an incredibly foolish and irresponsible thing to do and, bottom line, it's criminal,' Sullivan said.
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J' f3 W+ G- T( E% ~! I: c3 O* Atvb now,tvbnow,bttvbEarlier, 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.
$ i, [. ?2 o4 p8 j' z8 b! V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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Sullivan said the investigation into the phone call had been turned over to the FBI.
) ~ U' S* [, D) S" f5 }, `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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