US Airways plane turns round mid-air after birthday bomb hoax is played on one of its passengers
5 e- F# P( M2 ?# i: U公仔箱論壇- 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.
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' f1 h4 P5 @4 ? V0 E0 WTVBNOW 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。 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.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。; @) }6 u8 E6 l! ]' V
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Emergency u-turn: Christopher Shell was removed from the craft while it was searched
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|2 J% T; j" F8 Z( P4 R% B9 J! D9 QThe plane returned to Philadelphia where it was met by a slew of law enforcement vehicles and personnel.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。) H" x# C# Y/ {( G9 d
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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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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.
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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. ) N) z3 K+ F5 e0 S; W- k3 Z2 G
Brag: Christopher Shell quickly recovered from his shock to offer up his story in exchange for cash
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Rant: Shell moaned about the flight on Facebook
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7 _! c5 H" L8 ?* w* Q'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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$ Y! h( t. f. a: Ntvb now,tvbnow,bttvbPolice believe the scare was a practical joke, played on Shell as he celebrated his 29th birthday, NBC reported.. i9 v- P6 X/ {% G, a J
Shell did nothing wrong and was the victim of 'a pretty nasty trick,' Sullivan said.公仔箱論壇& M! g A7 v3 }
8 m/ @0 _7 ~! J" P0 l8 atvb now,tvbnow,bttvbHe made a swift recovery, however, taking to Facebook to offer up his story in exchange for cash.
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0 \* l1 p) l* oEarlier 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 onboard0 j" [1 z+ s$ W
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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.7 E1 e8 @( _# n! s$ H7 w1 V4 X
. U0 E& P; b _$ }6 P/ O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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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.
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Sullivan said the investigation into the phone call had been turned over to the FBI.公仔箱論壇6 L$ a$ y5 s' P. P, d, v6 Y
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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