US Airways plane turns round mid-air after birthday bomb hoax is played on one of its passengers
' }& I( b+ I0 V- 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,bttvb7 |" D$ K- c- c
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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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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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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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- I4 ]- i S( r$ A8 Z% VShell was led from the jet wearing handcuffs after the craft made its emergency return to Philadelphia International Airport on Thursday morning.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。$ n( Q( C2 h+ E! r4 g! a
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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.* H4 [, T# b M. K( W, S( U
2 |& Y8 p! m" Y. t* i( U* W( Y2 N5.39.217.76'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.
8 p9 ~& H6 v5 U3 `9 `9 F0 k+ s公仔箱論壇Brag: Christopher Shell quickly recovered from his shock to offer up his story in exchange for cash
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) [1 k0 I1 @. {/ z0 g; f( S5.39.217.76Rant: Shell moaned about the flight on Facebook
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/ F7 g2 N/ g# h! W'And he was certainly stunned. And that's why this is no joke, this is no laughing matter.'5.39.217.76, ~4 `9 E+ |; {% j8 L4 [2 L. _
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Bomb technicians and specially trained dogs searched the plane but found nothing illegal or hazardous, Sullivan said.公仔箱論壇* G6 l. E3 M/ j ~- a
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1 S" a5 w0 S4 N# {/ |& Z公仔箱論壇Shell did nothing wrong and was the victim of 'a pretty nasty trick,' Sullivan said.
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; f( `7 F. P5 f ?; F/ J$ y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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'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 $$$!'7 R& l% C: Y4 w, e
6 ^$ G# G- b- U# T4 o7 x$ n$ Ctvb now,tvbnow,bttvbEarlier 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 ^: k* t: m* N% b
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E1 ~, _ T7 n$ K/ ^5.39.217.76Nasty hoax: The US Airways plane was searched after being ordered back to Philadelphia International Airport following a report of explosives onboard1 h0 H8 I( X6 P+ J9 G, k
7 X1 o) b0 ~( [7 Qtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbSullivan 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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb. Z2 P9 F8 b. K& U4 V( p: B" A
0 @0 e9 T1 p: P% b! b+ A公仔箱論壇'It's just an incredibly foolish and irresponsible thing to do and, bottom line, it's criminal,' Sullivan said.6 Z6 o* R Z3 y D
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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.公仔箱論壇 s* X# B& o4 j0 ^' a! y) Y
The airplane had 69 passengers and five crew members on board, airport spokeswoman Victoria Lupica said.5 s7 @/ l: q @! `" T% H3 z
! Z8 Y# N$ F3 B2 W8 `tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbSullivan said the investigation into the phone call had been turned over to the FBI.
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