US Airways plane turns round mid-air after birthday bomb hoax is played on one of its passengers
" I; s& j' {, c$ ]5 I3 X5.39.217.76- 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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4 \ Y% q" F0 M$ |5 s* \$ WA 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.( g9 s7 e2 D! ~
3 P+ ^% m' a6 b( \ 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.公仔箱論壇8 u; g: c/ s h4 w" g9 M
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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.
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1 T# d: x4 J5 qVictim? 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
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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.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。/ Q2 x8 \2 g/ L
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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.
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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.
`$ h$ k) I: {" U! Z5.39.217.76Brag: Christopher Shell quickly recovered from his shock to offer up his story in exchange for cash5.39.217.767 q" C& P! j# W" H
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$ }2 `/ {. j' L: t; A( [5 xRant: Shell moaned about the flight on Facebooktvb now,tvbnow,bttvb) h1 ~2 q4 ]' Z k9 r% Z- y
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'And he was certainly stunned. And that's why this is no joke, this is no laughing matter.', v/ w0 ^ d. B6 Y4 i
' m8 ] y: k2 ?% C; \* Gtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbBomb technicians and specially trained dogs searched the plane but found nothing illegal or hazardous, Sullivan said.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb* }3 u5 Y( a+ H0 ~4 S
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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。8 m/ F& x; \" B! Q/ ?5 R
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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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! {; s' T6 [* A: y公仔箱論壇'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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- t% r( a/ V1 [1 @6 J2 w; q3 m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!'5.39.217.769 U$ Q0 ? E1 [3 U& @2 ^
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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 Z1 q+ E! r4 z% j# Q c
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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.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 o! G" z: a, v% J9 s0 W" B
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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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Sullivan said the investigation into the phone call had been turned over to the FBI.
9 |$ q% j# a* G9 S, t公仔箱論壇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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