US Airways plane turns round mid-air after birthday bomb hoax is played on one of its passengers
" @9 O# C* n. }/ Gtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb- 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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% q9 l* G: }1 }4 a' o% v( bTVBNOW 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。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.8 z" [0 w7 L. a+ ~9 v4 ?1 F
( F9 o. t* d" g3 l+ o( D 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.4 N/ t3 v! l9 m9 @
! t, G6 ^' u8 Y4 [6 ^; ?5 O6 DBut 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.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。7 z0 x3 y4 ^, h& h, l! s
4 X6 \0 j% G% Y' u公仔箱論壇
& w- O0 K; l+ Twww2.tvboxnow.comVictim? Police said Christopher Shell (pictured) is not considered to be a suspect
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; Q, V! K" v) Y4 FEmergency u-turn: Christopher Shell was removed from the craft while it was searched
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& V+ S+ `' Q0 E/ {3 S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.; ^; Z* v5 f; c/ U2 G: \; N8 R
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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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: O9 d4 N3 z* F# f9 v Y# Z. |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5 w! l4 T& ^8 P. _9 ^
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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.7 O, y* T1 w4 w8 ?+ n8 Q
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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. www2.tvboxnow.com6 ~1 p7 m9 D' ]' U: `+ U5 p
Brag: Christopher Shell quickly recovered from his shock to offer up his story in exchange for cash
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Rant: Shell moaned about the flight on Facebooktvb now,tvbnow,bttvb. j% J; h7 h1 u% d' Y0 R
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'And he was certainly stunned. And that's why this is no joke, this is no laughing matter.'公仔箱論壇( R, ]4 [1 u. W; E& ?1 \1 i) [
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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.
% I6 b, p1 J2 u- kShell did nothing wrong and was the victim of 'a pretty nasty trick,' Sullivan said.
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# k' f. M i: L/ |公仔箱論壇He made a swift recovery, however, taking to Facebook to offer up his story in exchange for cash.www2.tvboxnow.com6 f* C9 d* ]& b' Z
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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 $$$!'公仔箱論壇8 \. J$ l( Z. y% J
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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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Nasty hoax: The US Airways plane was searched after being ordered back to Philadelphia International Airport following a report of explosives onboardwww2.tvboxnow.com* g# o9 A! e' o% u( r+ o7 P
# m# p+ B/ a5 l+ pTVBNOW 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.www2.tvboxnow.com# M) [( q R# \5 D6 b4 \
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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.9 D. {+ J; R, g8 c) h3 y5 b) U
The airplane had 69 passengers and five crew members on board, airport spokeswoman Victoria Lupica said.公仔箱論壇8 P6 p X$ Q8 x M) `# R3 l
& f0 Y6 f& t# [3 ]8 j$ {公仔箱論壇Sullivan said the investigation into the phone call had been turned over to the FBI.! P/ L1 ]5 u/ O* R, u
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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