US Airways plane turns round mid-air after birthday bomb hoax is played on one of its passengerstvb now,tvbnow,bttvb" o# M, p5 J) z3 ]
- 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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$ x2 Z( g# j+ m; q公仔箱論壇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.) G2 ~, a; }# U) w; 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.公仔箱論壇: m% |: b' h& p3 C
" P$ \2 N3 S3 S0 [公仔箱論壇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& B8 r) {% _" H* z& q0 _1 [
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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。; F% Z; ~) B& I! P* t. P) N/ N
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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. l2 `4 f/ V1 T9 K( S- I$ d/ f% ?
- D1 g/ t, H5 Q3 mThe 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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" V0 n; a, j% e' M3 Y5.39.217.76He 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.1 S; v# X$ p+ C
r/ B( g3 P: Y- ?) z5 a* h7 ?) 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。'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 v' T- ~* f% \4 @% \4 V, W! r4 fBrag: Christopher Shell quickly recovered from his shock to offer up his story in exchange for cash
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. Z" D; w/ b! c, |" ?Rant: Shell moaned about the flight on Facebook8 s( P2 H, ]/ R
; D0 L4 q! v) @9 [ c- X, B. Etvb now,tvbnow,bttvb'And he was certainly stunned. And that's why this is no joke, this is no laughing matter.'
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5 s& u1 L0 B3 e. R+ @0 X公仔箱論壇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.
7 t# {: j2 m1 @, z _5.39.217.76Shell 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.5.39.217.763 _9 `" y, p3 K( |4 B( j( h
, ?6 U& \# r" D'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 $$$!'4 M1 M, ^: n/ h" M
5 }$ y6 z" o+ u% |- a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!'
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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.
+ h4 J- T7 L+ m) K* n; pTVBNOW 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。
/ Y: x4 `9 k% X/ k7 gTVBNOW 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.
5 Y2 n6 h3 j( b8 J' d& vtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThe airplane had 69 passengers and five crew members on board, airport spokeswoman Victoria Lupica said.. y! y7 m9 ]* o! {
& L" ~0 ]/ a* n- ]Sullivan said the investigation into the phone call had been turned over to the FBI.
1 s) ^! V% J: u/ S9 u3 eFBI 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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