TERROR ON FLIGHT EZY8303: Pilot aborts take-off after passengers receive death threats and pics of skeletons
Passengers aboard a Vueling flight from Rome Fiumicino airport to Alicante, Spain received death threats and chilling photos of skulls on their phones on Thursday, July 21. As reported by The Sun, Italian police was alerted after 147 passengers received chilling messages in Ethiopian Amharic.
The content had been sent over AirDrop, which allows iPhone users to send photos, videos and messages wirelessly to anyone who owns an Apple device nearby. Terrified passengers raised alarm and the flight's captain suspended the aircraft's take-off pending the arrival of the Border Police at Fiumicino airport. Police discovered that the sender was an 18-year-old Spaniard, who later admitted to sharing the warped messages.
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Some of the images included in the message showed a creepy vintage photo of a person in a white straight jacket with a frightful screaming mask. Another image is that of a chilling ghostly monster. Flight VY1367 took off two hours later than scheduled. This incident comes weeks after an 18-year-old was arrested after he posted "I'm gonna blow this plane up" on Snapchat in a hoax bomb scare on board an EasyJet flight to the Spanish island of Menorca. The British chess prodigy, identified as Aditya Verma, triggered an enormous security response including a fighter jet escort and anti-terrorist police following the hoax on the flight EZY8303.
He had reportedly traveled to the Mediterranean island for a celebration with a group of friends. A Spanish F-18 fighter jet was filmed as it escorted the passenger plane to its landing - which was half an hour later than scheduled. Furious passengers were reportedly kept on the tarmac for four hours while the bomb scare was investigated. The disruption is believed to have led to a Ryanair flight leaving two and a half hours late for London. If found guilty, the Brit teen could face a fine of up to £50,000 to cover the costs of the Spanish Airforce as well as a major police operation involving the mobilization of specialist officers and sniffer dogs.
A Twitter user @g_edwoods posted the photo of the Brit teen with the caption "The 18yr old idiot ‘Brit teen’ who posted a bomb threat on social media is in Spanish custody & could get a £50000 fine. I hope they throw the book at him. Imagine being on that flight?"
The 18yr old idiot ‘Brit teen’ who posted a bomb threat on social media is in Spanish custody & could get a £50000 fine. I hope they throw the book at him. Imagine being on that flight? https://t.co/eDZgAkY7SI pic.twitter.com/SyCDLofbEA
— Teddy Edward (@g_edwoods) July 8, 2022
A video of the EasyJet plane being escorted by a Spanish fighter jet was also posted on Twitter by @trtworld with the caption "An easyJet flight heading from London to Spain on July 3 was escorted by a Spanish fighter jet after a British teenager onboard made a bomb threat on social media The 18-year-old culprit spent the night in jail after the plane landed safely and awaits a court hearing"
An easyJet flight heading from London to Spain on July 3 was escorted by a Spanish fighter jet after a British teenager onboard made a bomb threat on social media
— TRT World (@trtworld) July 5, 2022
The 18-year-old culprit spent the night in jail after the plane landed safely and awaits a court hearing pic.twitter.com/nZ9gm3xKsv