An airline passenger could face a $120,000 bill after fighter jets were scrambled when he joked about blowing up the plane

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An airline passenger could face a $120,000 bill after fighter jets were scrambled when he joked about blowing up the plane
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My first thought is what is the point of sending fighter jets to deal with a bomb threat?

"Don't you blow up this plane, or else........ we'll blow up this plane."

Bomb threats can be used to get control of the plane and then fly it into stuff. The fighter jet is there to bring down the plane if it seems like they’re trying to 9/11 it.

I think it's more the plane could have gone into a built up area.

Yea. They can do finish blowing it up

Seriously think a little bigger. Why are people commenting this?

Because lemmy is full of 15 year old kids with no experience in the real world