US Airways plane turns round mid-air after birthday bomb hoax is played on one of its passengers
& u2 P- {6 E, v2 p6 ~ s- 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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) k8 |, S" M% {! g公仔箱論壇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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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.' K, A2 t/ o; r+ N2 f8 Y
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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.( n+ \4 F/ p5 D& D, L
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Victim? Police said Christopher Shell (pictured) is not considered to be a suspect
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4 D2 k) m0 X* \* e/ |' QEmergency u-turn: Christopher Shell was removed from the craft while it was searched6 c* C( A$ f9 _
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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.
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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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4 X3 I8 R5 p) c' F: f' ~tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb'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.
9 ]2 u8 I) ]4 M# WBrag: 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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R4 v; L' X9 I7 ]* w0 K'And he was certainly stunned. And that's why this is no joke, this is no laughing matter.'/ u! i. w% {$ Y
& O. G9 u( O$ |& m2 B. p: e% @tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbBomb 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。- r; F! [" w% F" D& Q
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Police believe the scare was a practical joke, played on Shell as he celebrated his 29th birthday, NBC reported.
& t' ?4 N" [ a+ t/ Q% b! pShell did nothing wrong and was the victim of 'a pretty nasty trick,' Sullivan said.
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! D" x% |) ~% V! }! [He made a swift recovery, however, taking to Facebook to offer up his story in exchange for cash.
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, ^* s2 u! K# s+ Q8 S'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 $$$!'5.39.217.764 m+ ?* V- z. _ d+ r
, \* s1 M% M/ qEarlier 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 onboard
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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.; v$ q) k7 k6 h% g0 w7 H1 A* 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.
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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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