Passenger late for Philly-bound American Airlines flight charged with making bomb threat
WPVI reportedHe was charged with making terroristic threats and threatening to use weapons of mass destruction, police told WTAE.Two American Airlines gate agents at Pittsburgh International Airport called Allegheny police.Passengers on a flight from Pittsburgh to Philadelphia were forced to evacuate before takeoff after a late passenger made a bomb threat.
Hossein Dehnavifard, 37, was charged with making terroristic threats and threatening with weapons of mass destruction.A similar situation unfolded in Las Vegas just last week when a “disgruntled” passenger who had also missed his flight thereDehnavifard was released on Thursday on a non-monetary bond, county officials said.Las Vegas police arrested the passenger and notified police at LAX, where the plane was bound, about the possible threat, which they determined to be unfounded.
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