Britain Jails Man for Aircraft Bomb Hoax

[Guest MrRant]

LONDON (Reuters) - A man who arrived too late to catch a flight from London to Pakistan received a five-year jail sentence on Friday for telling police he had planted a bomb on board the plane, Scotland Yard said.

 

 

 

Yasrub Hussain Shah, 23, from Luton, north of London, had arrived at Heathrow Airport too late to catch the Pakistan International Airlines flight in July.

 

After a verbal confrontation with check-in staff who refused to let him on board, Shah left and phoned police saying "Pakistan International Airlines, there is a bomb on it leaving at 8 p.m.," Scotland Yard said in a statement.

 

The call sparked a major security alert. All passengers and luggage were taken off the plane, which was subjected to a thorough overnight search. Nothing suspicious was found.

 

The bogus threat was traced to Shah's mobile telephone and police arrested him when he arrived at the airport to catch another flight four days later.

 

Shah pleaded guilty to the bomb-hoax charge in August and was sentenced to five years in jail at Isleworth Crown Court on Friday.

 

I'm sure he is sitting in prison thinking to himself that next time he will use someone else's phone to call in a bomb threat.

[Guest kkktookmybabyaway]

I guess he figured if he couldn't get to his destination, nobody would...

[Guest Jobber of the Week]

Does the "Airport" show on Discovery Wings (think reality TV at Heathrow) still make new episodes? This would make some entertaining TV if they do.

[Guest the 1inch punch]

At least they made no mention of the fact that the guy is of Middle Eastern Origin

[Guest tigerdrivah91]

I hope he gets BUMMED in prison so many times his o-ring looks like he was fingered by a elephant.

[Guest kkktookmybabyaway]

"At least they made no mention of the fact that the guy is of Middle Eastern Origin"

 

Which of course means he probably was and Reuters doesn't want to be accused of racial profiling...

[Guest Agent of Oblivion]

Are you kidding? Look at the name.