US Airways plane turns round mid-air after birthday bomb hoax is played on one of its passengers公仔箱論壇3 C* C2 d1 m" N& |6 |9 o
- 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 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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb4 c( ?5 A4 B+ v9 C
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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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb q1 W+ \& f6 k6 \
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" ~/ [+ N9 J, {5 Z4 CTVBNOW 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。Victim? Police said Christopher Shell (pictured) is not considered to be a suspect公仔箱論壇 s1 y0 _1 @# C* s* T' b d
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Emergency u-turn: Christopher Shell was removed from the craft while it was searchedTVBNOW 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。/ z* t4 k3 M$ }2 [+ z+ w
9 j# R* q) j5 w3 _; D0 D! qTVBNOW 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。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.4 t h j% y9 b$ g$ Z
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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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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. % ]3 X- P) h/ ?+ Z2 u! \+ S
Brag: Christopher Shell quickly recovered from his shock to offer up his story in exchange for cashTVBNOW 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 O0 U4 I8 {% o4 h, t1 ]" Q
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# _) l; O8 k7 B; V' y+ u: U5.39.217.76Rant: Shell moaned about the flight on Facebook5.39.217.76/ v* j7 b% X: d' S% D; M; U
2 G* ?3 n1 j2 N& E0 u! m7 b- ?公仔箱論壇'And he was certainly stunned. And that's why this is no joke, this is no laughing matter.'5.39.217.764 X z' D! b! Q$ F L8 p
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Bomb technicians and specially trained dogs searched the plane but found nothing illegal or hazardous, Sullivan said.! z% o8 C* l2 G1 U2 ~* i" Y
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Shell did nothing wrong and was the victim of 'a pretty nasty trick,' Sullivan said.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb |' f# ~" C" J; @
( k7 A/ v" R+ k) s! j XHe made a swift recovery, however, taking to Facebook to offer up his story in exchange for cash.
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* T, i1 o" |0 U: ]9 E( p6 U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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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!'
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. K7 h4 f5 g {" _ Dtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbNasty 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。# r9 e4 o; g! M/ |8 _5 c" `
2 }0 s8 p* u$ o7 MTVBNOW 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 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.5.39.217.762 a, H4 _, b. v' F/ A
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7 b2 i7 ^, ^; Z/ C' F$ OTVBNOW 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。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.
: n$ r. F1 R% q( f0 i+ Y c% Ptvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThe 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.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 I7 G& n: F' E+ l E" n* C% |
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.0 _9 s" V( d+ D
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