A high school student confessed to sending a hoax bomb threat via AirDrop that resulted in an American Airlines flight being diverted
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The Texas Department of Public Safety said that while the flight was taxiing on Friday at El Paso International Airport, passengers got a message on their Apple device via AirDrop saying: “I have a bomb would like to share a photo.” In the statement released Monday, The agency said that because of that message, the aircraft taxied back to a gate.Start your day with a roundup of B.C.-focused news and opinion delivered straight to your inbox at 7 a.m., Monday to Friday.
A bomb squad search of the aircraft, passengers and luggage did not find any explosives and the threat was deemed not credible, the agency said.Article contentThe Department of Public Safety said the El Paso County attorney agreed to prosecute the juvenile for false alarm or report, and the juvenile was released to the custody of the El Paso County Juvenile Probation Department.
Central Catholic High School in Pittsburgh confirmed that the juvenile was a student returning from a school-sponsored mission trip near the Texas-Mexico border. School spokesman Brian Cook told WTAE television station in Pittsburgh that the student’s message was meant to be a joke. There were 125 passengers and eight flight crew members on American Airlines Flight 2051, which was headed to Chicago.
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