US Airways plane turns round mid-air after birthday bomb hoax is played on one of its passengers公仔箱論壇/ i1 v- d2 ?7 X4 A' g
- 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: z- o- K0 e4 b7 Y5.39.217.76A 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.5.39.217.76- ~1 u t. G" \
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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.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 F" o2 m" H# O$ Y" b
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0 l1 t( S- {% X) m6 S3 O& u8 fTVBNOW 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。
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Emergency u-turn: Christopher Shell was removed from the craft while it was searched( k$ J$ h4 Y: d! K
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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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The plane returned to Philadelphia where it was met by a slew of law enforcement vehicles and personnel.8 E- f2 l6 o, Q; R6 r# ]9 {
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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." ?! t, e/ P0 `* m
# C: d1 Q: |2 F) H, x9 K'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.
4 w" @9 _2 D! L4 t/ Z2 n' ^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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0 Y4 w: z1 Y5 \# i9 v3 C'And he was certainly stunned. And that's why this is no joke, this is no laughing matter.'公仔箱論壇+ Z T; z* S% V4 i) U# e
- M! e8 w6 c7 y4 j5 }Bomb technicians and specially trained dogs searched the plane but found nothing illegal or hazardous, 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。/ q* q/ S% f! }5 l2 A
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Police believe the scare was a practical joke, played on Shell as he celebrated his 29th birthday, NBC reported.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 }$ X, G" l/ t1 a3 p# R6 \
Shell did nothing wrong and was the victim of 'a pretty nasty trick,' Sullivan said.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb$ y& b" B3 f1 A9 z
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) R# Y+ ~+ c2 S# e' q/ e5 Xtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb'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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# [1 {. B) s3 V& \0 j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!'tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb9 B& M% s& y* Y! F$ {$ n6 y
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& N0 z% m! N) `) Ztvb now,tvbnow,bttvbNasty 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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: {- z' ~$ _: J5 Z% YSullivan 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.- G' ^* U f$ K+ v. R" _- M9 C
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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.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。% K0 K+ R/ W$ ~4 m$ O9 [
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.
% d9 V* x8 u# t! P5 B/ ^5 Etvb now,tvbnow,bttvbFBI 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.5.39.217.76! T; q9 {& y; ~
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