US Airways plane turns round mid-air after birthday bomb hoax is played on one of its passengerstvb now,tvbnow,bttvb. f& l; }2 t0 s# y
- 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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n: K: f, H0 v0 V) q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.6 [9 [0 \) {/ l1 ~4 Q+ c0 c
3 K$ L+ z6 f7 M" |2 p: o公仔箱論壇 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.5.39.217.76 Q4 h/ Y2 U: s
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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/ z4 Y* q$ @0 i; u, H: ^
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, H6 ^" C7 v" W7 h, b* Utvb now,tvbnow,bttvbEmergency u-turn: Christopher Shell was removed from the craft while it was searched
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+ a- b- q3 ~% I! O# qAirport 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.公仔箱論壇3 D5 X# w+ G7 t2 S
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The plane returned to Philadelphia where it was met by a slew of law enforcement vehicles and personnel.* p. n3 ^ X; N( M
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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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb2 V4 x6 @9 a. F& [
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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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'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.
, X6 f6 s: J/ |4 Z1 f% fBrag: Christopher Shell quickly recovered from his shock to offer up his story in exchange for cash5.39.217.766 x1 d- u1 V# |" ~; V
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Rant: Shell moaned about the flight on Facebook
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7 A3 H. k+ k. d9 L, y0 u2 W: N'And he was certainly stunned. And that's why this is no joke, this is no laughing matter.'
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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.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。) B: F) e4 Q- j5 H- F' ]
Shell did nothing wrong and was the victim of 'a pretty nasty trick,' Sullivan said.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb; V% I# z5 c# a
k$ @$ d8 L: R2 x; J公仔箱論壇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 $$$ until then,' he wrote. 'Sry. Message me your offers as I'll go with the most $$$!'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。/ x7 I3 T# d, Z1 T2 F4 V
5 o, e" R1 j3 z6 @ D& [1 dtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbEarlier 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!'5.39.217.76; w3 ]0 o5 _. F# w# Z7 r- Y. {
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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/ v& k+ }' K9 n3 U8 c
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'It's just an incredibly foolish and irresponsible thing to do and, bottom line, it's criminal,' Sullivan said." W7 ]) [2 i" [
; T4 c: E( T* f( f z% c9 Gtvb 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.
$ u( n, Z% o4 r" HTVBNOW 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。The airplane had 69 passengers and five crew members on board, airport spokeswoman Victoria Lupica said.公仔箱論壇$ S* y& j4 q$ h2 a0 f! l/ i
0 S6 z, Y, [6 KTVBNOW 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。Sullivan said the investigation into the phone call had been turned over to the FBI.; W' M' G: O. m% ?$ D: l
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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