US Airways plane turns round mid-air after birthday bomb hoax is played on one of its passengers1 P0 Y1 L9 A4 @4 @' ^
- 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.' {1 [# k5 k9 F P
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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.3 F/ [- w. q& x9 X% V7 V
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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.; _- l3 f0 A1 V! r+ d5 P5 M/ g
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. @0 E2 v8 K5 O# J/ M5.39.217.76Victim? Police said Christopher Shell (pictured) is not considered to be a suspect/ N9 t8 T1 q! L
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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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Shell was led from the jet wearing handcuffs after the craft made its emergency return to Philadelphia International Airport on Thursday morning.$ k& l* A2 T' x# w+ ]" T! D
: `. R4 _- Q& |' p+ SHe 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.公仔箱論壇& |# J4 d4 i' N/ |4 b A
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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.
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' @0 ]$ O& o1 ?$ o! G- ytvb now,tvbnow,bttvbRant: 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.'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。* O* B) u; c$ a6 Q
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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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Police believe the scare was a practical joke, played on Shell as he celebrated his 29th birthday, NBC reported. w, S- v M6 M' d- w
Shell did nothing wrong and was the victim of 'a pretty nasty trick,' Sullivan said.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。0 R: s* @! z' @0 c0 N
" F, j; x$ k" ~6 m0 {; Atvb now,tvbnow,bttvbHe made a swift recovery, however, taking to Facebook to offer up his story in exchange for cash.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb9 a" i* ]3 C/ }1 \! I; z6 o+ L! G
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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 $$$!'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。8 X8 r3 o) }1 k9 V" a
/ b" w, w; N" R+ Z# ?2 ~1 q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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9 X. @ `2 U) ` XSullivan 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.6 Q9 d9 l1 F, Y
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'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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb, l% _$ ^. l3 M$ q/ }6 t
The airplane had 69 passengers and five crew members on board, airport spokeswoman Victoria Lupica said.公仔箱論壇7 \/ P ?9 m' h. \. M. I' K y
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Sullivan said the investigation into the phone call had been turned over to the FBI.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。" H7 ^: R! g/ N# ^
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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb' {% l1 `! G% P! H1 k# g# M
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