US Airways plane turns round mid-air after birthday bomb hoax is played on one of its passengers5.39.217.766 x- y" @+ A, Q: ]% i' n
- 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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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,bttvb. d! N& F8 E: N2 N! a
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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./ {0 w2 i G1 H8 J A! ^9 M% ?
8 P' m7 o1 V, W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.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。5 Z6 ?) g, M3 J' y$ \
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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; o& m2 ^0 f) V: v% I& d
4 [% r8 A* j& m" m9 M) \公仔箱論壇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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The plane returned to Philadelphia where it was met by a slew of law enforcement vehicles and personnel.
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2 _$ z0 R! m: L1 TShell 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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$ A% g. M% C) d6 B+ 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。'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. tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb) k- I7 M& X1 r$ Q( a5 ^7 I& Q
Brag: Christopher Shell quickly recovered from his shock to offer up his story in exchange for cash
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3 D# q" f! v1 x8 d( Y2 J/ r8 qRant: Shell moaned about the flight on Facebook
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% r) Q% Z0 V8 G9 a'And he was certainly stunned. And that's why this is no joke, this is no laughing matter.'tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb# U0 m- c& z7 K2 `# |: P* y
0 o+ ~5 R/ K* B0 JBomb technicians and specially trained dogs searched the plane but found nothing illegal or hazardous, Sullivan said.
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9 L8 f5 x: m( {4 ltvb now,tvbnow,bttvbPolice believe the scare was a practical joke, played on Shell as he celebrated his 29th birthday, NBC reported.
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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 $$$!'
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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 g5 T( S$ ]6 B
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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 onboard5.39.217.76' Y( z Q. U$ P3 _& X
- ]: Z, c4 ]( K' @6 OSullivan 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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7 F, F' r0 [# k+ |) ~ ~# n4 ^# ^tvb 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.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。; G( R3 }( z7 B
The airplane had 69 passengers and five crew members on board, airport spokeswoman Victoria Lupica said.公仔箱論壇! B F: x! d1 S9 L% @% Y
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Sullivan said the investigation into the phone call had been turned over to the FBI.% N7 X! a4 {, r1 a- D$ [6 `# _
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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