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Sophiegirl

(2,338 posts)
Fri Sep 7, 2012, 05:53 AM Sep 2012

Facebook - The new witness.

"A man is in FBI custody after he caused a scare on an airplane headed to Texas.

A tipster on Facebook posted something about someone on a U.S. Airways flight that may explosives.

ABC News is now reporting that his angry ex-girlfriend may have been behind the threat.

FBI agents took a man into custody for questioning and is cooperating with police.

"It doesn't take a rocket science to figure out when you place a hoax against civil aviation the consequences can be catastrophic," Richard Quinn, FBI Assistant Special agent in charge, said. "I dint want to speculate specifically, obviously there will be severe charges.""


No explosives were found on the plane.

/snip

What I want to know is how much of our tax dollars are spent browsing Facebook, Twitter or other social media for stuff like this? Really? Sheesh...I could really f-up my ex on Facebook if that is the case!

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Facebook - The new witness. (Original Post) Sophiegirl Sep 2012 OP
The tip came from a phone call not from facebook. VenusRising Sep 2012 #1
Thanks for the info Sophiegirl Sep 2012 #2
It's early and I grabbed the first link I found. VenusRising Sep 2012 #3

VenusRising

(11,252 posts)
1. The tip came from a phone call not from facebook.
Fri Sep 7, 2012, 07:40 AM
Sep 2012

Philadelphia airport police said a call came into their headquarters about 7:30 a.m., after the plane had already taken off. The tip said a passenger was boarding a plane with a hazardous substance.

Read more: http://www.myfoxdfw.com/story/19471934/us-airways-plane-to-dfw#ixzz25mcMeJjk

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