US Airways plane turns round mid-air after birthday bomb hoax is played on one of its passengers9 H$ I. v i4 v$ i" {* G8 a& 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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb" G/ L* e* G6 ?8 p0 h) e
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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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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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Victim? 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公仔箱論壇 k" d; b3 G) N8 ?' L1 l& ~
: K* k4 q* s, K0 ^3 O7 c7 N' V公仔箱論壇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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, U( K1 U% d: f5 m7 xThe plane returned to Philadelphia where it was met by a slew of law enforcement vehicles and personnel.' A5 T8 B( ~: _2 _6 h; P t/ p7 D
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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.公仔箱論壇0 ^; Z, }5 \1 `) D6 A; J
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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./ H- z) u8 F0 P( A! }; g
M4 o9 E4 X8 A0 J' g9 ?+ ~6 X'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. www2.tvboxnow.com# u, y% x5 ?. Z+ h( u# S7 m: l$ j
Brag: Christopher Shell quickly recovered from his shock to offer up his story in exchange for cash
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4 K; \8 z- L( |( _8 ?, w/ G# q6 n' CRant: Shell moaned about the flight on Facebook公仔箱論壇1 A' P, d$ Z) ?8 v
4 h5 x' B( U. T0 P# i'And he was certainly stunned. And that's why this is no joke, this is no laughing matter.'tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb. R: \$ p" f1 G* W0 x4 n
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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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6 E3 Z7 J. p. {! atvb now,tvbnow,bttvbPolice believe the scare was a practical joke, played on Shell as he celebrated his 29th birthday, NBC reported.6 @& @" H$ B" X8 g2 g( `' \
Shell did nothing wrong and was the victim of 'a pretty nasty trick,' Sullivan said.
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+ X! A! a9 l! g+ y$ `0 ^www2.tvboxnow.comHe made a swift recovery, however, taking to Facebook to offer up his story in exchange for cash.www2.tvboxnow.com( J6 S! f# `) W
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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 $$$!'
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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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1 m3 h; [. a" {1 q9 kNasty hoax: The US Airways plane was searched after being ordered back to Philadelphia International Airport following a report of explosives onboard: ~) I, C% a" F! f% A3 M. h( Y
p7 N! m; H) B+ J1 yTVBNOW 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.
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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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U/ r5 k4 |" S* NEarlier, 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.! Z. W5 x9 @" E; n3 M; S
The 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.
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