US Airways plane turns round mid-air after birthday bomb hoax is played on one of its passengerstvb now,tvbnow,bttvb# H1 h( m) `8 i4 G: E
- 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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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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. ~1 g+ x- h# i, f6 \tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbBut 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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. L) G8 y0 w6 D# @. ^+ bVictim? Police said Christopher Shell (pictured) is not considered to be a suspectTVBNOW 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 Y! U. d0 k+ i0 o/ e
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Emergency u-turn: Christopher Shell was removed from the craft while it was searched$ b8 t! {* z1 K3 ~/ o
: v& H6 z J! V) i% r! MAirport 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.www2.tvboxnow.com. w/ g' J6 A# n- i- Z1 T
. u9 v+ ]2 q) i& O# Z2 P* _+ owww2.tvboxnow.comThe plane returned to Philadelphia where it was met by a slew of law enforcement vehicles and personnel.公仔箱論壇9 H$ W+ s+ X- q# y# p& f
3 T* a% ?. R2 _7 H: u) zwww2.tvboxnow.comShell was led from the jet wearing handcuffs after the craft made its emergency return to Philadelphia International Airport on Thursday morning.# ~% w( |2 C& R4 L# m$ ^+ t$ n; l
& w2 u, ^9 w0 ~/ W5 ]2 L: t7 ^: wHe 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. tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb& U& W. r* T. E& D# F9 M
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 Facebook
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'And he was certainly stunned. And that's why this is no joke, this is no laughing matter.'/ \- _# M7 c" B7 h4 r# ]
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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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! s, M y: r- P7 J% R7 {+ W0 Y+ LPolice believe the scare was a practical joke, played on Shell as he celebrated his 29th birthday, NBC reported.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb* P7 o9 a1 J+ j# g! `. Z& j1 J6 V3 V
Shell did nothing wrong and was the victim of 'a pretty nasty trick,' Sullivan said.公仔箱論壇& o# F, P0 `, v5 y; 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 $$$!'
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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!' h& ]1 d) o9 ]6 s
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1 c! H/ p5 |1 A+ U) \: s4 N8 Uwww2.tvboxnow.comSullivan 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.www2.tvboxnow.com" b2 _6 e/ x, W: K) a: X+ F: ?
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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.
' z" |! h' T; H4 v+ O& t) _公仔箱論壇The airplane had 69 passengers and five crew members on board, airport spokeswoman Victoria Lupica 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。9 x+ r, C# B7 H# Z
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Sullivan said the investigation into the phone call had been turned over to the FBI.
# ~" z+ y$ i1 y7 {+ r3 ?2 uFBI 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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