US Airways plane turns round mid-air after birthday bomb hoax is played on one of its passengersos.tvboxnow.com) m( H9 ~7 U. e. t, V, b) R
- 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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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.3 [. n+ b5 a0 s1 D6 M7 D
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9 ~2 A% }: B' Q- ztvb now,tvbnow,bttvbVictim? Police said Christopher Shell (pictured) is not considered to be a suspect8 v4 I+ G3 x' S4 n2 l- o# d( g
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Emergency 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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' Q# w: x8 E2 L9 } k, O公仔箱論壇The plane returned to Philadelphia where it was met by a slew of law enforcement vehicles and personnel.
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7 U, n4 L+ d6 V+ o1 n5 L/ vShell was led from the jet wearing handcuffs after the craft made its emergency return to Philadelphia International Airport on Thursday morning.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb6 T$ y0 |$ D% Z3 Q0 x' r
' ]3 h. |: J1 h0 s3 [: ?. uos.tvboxnow.comHe 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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/ C. n# a' S1 y# E7 Jtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb'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. os.tvboxnow.com) @( Z2 x' O6 q$ c7 V9 m" S4 f
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/ e5 I( A$ B5 y3 W7 i1 eRant: Shell moaned about the flight on Facebookos.tvboxnow.com! m2 O7 v- B1 q4 S$ L2 j9 B; }
, V1 o1 o) T8 o2 L" Atvb now,tvbnow,bttvb'And he was certainly stunned. And that's why this is no joke, this is no laughing matter.'
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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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Shell did nothing wrong and was the victim of 'a pretty nasty trick,' Sullivan said.公仔箱論壇' a6 r6 U) ]& P: h9 Y; t( N" r8 y
7 s8 R G- z) X; h) THe made a swift recovery, however, taking to Facebook to offer up his story in exchange for cash.
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8 J" h" a. H; M公仔箱論壇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!'公仔箱論壇0 o& n5 r# k% Q' ~$ \
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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 onboard6 o7 @' h% s+ f7 N' d
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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.* B# J- |7 L) ?/ D3 b
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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.
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% }) v( x3 Q4 ~( p# F* B4 F; F公仔箱論壇Sullivan said the investigation into the phone call had been turned over to the FBI.7 E, n% z. {* w+ w
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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