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- 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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$ r5 ?9 g4 r8 Z4 }: a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.
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# x' g9 C+ a+ U/ k. x5.39.217.76But 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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Victim? Police said Christopher Shell (pictured) is not considered to be a suspect
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' q7 P- \# v1 _! ^4 V5.39.217.76Emergency 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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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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5 Q+ _" P+ z7 o! X. ]tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbHe 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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6 J7 D0 S% ?6 ]8 R# ]# U5 L0 r/ f9 B5.39.217.76'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. 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。3 k( }3 R0 I7 o; d6 R3 x
Brag: Christopher Shell quickly recovered from his shock to offer up his story in exchange for cash
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* K2 p! ^0 N D8 Y" ^tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbRant: Shell moaned about the flight on Facebooktvb now,tvbnow,bttvb+ P4 @( I2 F- J0 v0 L' N' n( B
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'And he was certainly stunned. And that's why this is no joke, this is no laughing matter.'7 V3 D. v" M9 r+ A4 j
9 y$ u3 m2 {1 D+ m- A h# ]Bomb technicians and specially trained dogs searched the plane but found nothing illegal or hazardous, Sullivan said.5 ^' A* ], B g7 }; B) u
7 \3 s/ B7 T5 J6 F& f+ r9 K5.39.217.76Police believe the scare was a practical joke, played on Shell as he celebrated his 29th birthday, NBC reported.
6 s8 I! }" {9 X2 j7 g5.39.217.76Shell did nothing wrong and was the victim of 'a pretty nasty trick,' Sullivan said.3 X+ a0 E- ?5 D
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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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'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 $$$!'tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb# @0 j# `. G) h, z0 D1 ?5 f
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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!'- G* f d6 Q1 N3 a) o; T' s, W9 k
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. g* N; q7 ]: X3 }公仔箱論壇Nasty hoax: The US Airways plane was searched after being ordered back to Philadelphia International Airport following a report of explosives onboardTVBNOW 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。) m" P1 N8 {, T3 y; B7 x, ^( v
" I9 p" ^; H& H7 p* O3 s! L' `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.
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'It's just an incredibly foolish and irresponsible thing to do and, bottom line, it's criminal,' Sullivan said.4 i1 V8 Z( z0 Q/ z z% a
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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.公仔箱論壇8 C* a" e' V) Z8 f& R; D
The airplane had 69 passengers and five crew members on board, airport spokeswoman Victoria Lupica said.公仔箱論壇8 q, c0 J: s7 N5 l. F: ~
& i, G/ Z* h: H! v7 G5 G5.39.217.76Sullivan said the investigation into the phone call had been turned over to the FBI.
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