US Airways plane turns round mid-air after birthday bomb hoax is played on one of its passengers
' H& s8 L1 c2 O; O! n# itvb now,tvbnow,bttvb- 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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# m! S2 e! ^: R# k. k5 L0 s% r5.39.217.76A 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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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.! q7 h+ s2 z. _
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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.公仔箱論壇# M" u; h) s) z z5 i, B0 q1 E6 @! i
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! [3 Q7 c. N! [1 [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。Victim? Police said Christopher Shell (pictured) is not considered to be a suspect公仔箱論壇/ p8 h; {- m0 ?1 ]* x! H
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3 d. c, ^) n6 g; W. dAirport 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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7 ~" m" G0 I, ?, u& T3 I公仔箱論壇The plane returned to Philadelphia where it was met by a slew of law enforcement vehicles and personnel.
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. G8 F( e0 g4 C; w) ttvb now,tvbnow,bttvbShell 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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. n4 [$ O# s4 \* w6 H: i# I- u" R0 bHe 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. . h; m& W2 }, ^3 A4 r
Brag: Christopher Shell quickly recovered from his shock to offer up his story in exchange for cash
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8 O2 x" ~ Q! I( [0 l0 FRant: 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.'& Z2 B5 P: F) Z8 d) l7 f* ]
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Bomb technicians and specially trained dogs searched the plane but found nothing illegal or hazardous, Sullivan said.; K4 m! |1 Q; |1 \' w5 G
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Police believe the scare was a practical joke, played on Shell as he celebrated his 29th birthday, NBC reported.
) u0 V$ U% f( k! hShell did nothing wrong and was the victim of 'a pretty nasty trick,' Sullivan said.0 x( o* }- W2 f( l. A
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He made a swift recovery, however, taking to Facebook to offer up his story in exchange for cash.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。2 L, n; e$ x: ?9 n( j
; a5 U9 X) b( o' @+ a3 m/ p" F公仔箱論壇'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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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!'tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb9 P1 h- x$ N$ [9 r& h
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5 A- b9 b0 [1 h% I; {6 Ltvb now,tvbnow,bttvbNasty hoax: The US Airways plane was searched after being ordered back to Philadelphia International Airport following a report of explosives onboardTVBNOW 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。- n8 D6 K2 W6 o# w X+ \* Z7 }
2 Z$ `- m( k* [0 `4 v' r1 o公仔箱論壇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.5.39.217.760 x1 W* v, Y" a C8 k) G R' M
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'It's just an incredibly foolish and irresponsible thing to do and, bottom line, it's criminal,' Sullivan said.! s6 Y3 r! I3 J$ Q" {/ p; G" c
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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/ @' m3 W. r" h8 }( p: o, W
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.
9 V, R! W; m1 [% T* F+ l {公仔箱論壇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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