An airline passenger who caused a bomb scare on his own flight because he was running late and feared he would miss it has been jailed for 16 months. He was also banned from Gatwick Airport. "But the bomb hoax was intended to make authorities fear there was a genuine enough threat that they needed to search the plane. "The consequences were so serious that flight crew had to be evacuated, passengers rechecked and luggage removed - at a cost of three extra hours on the runway and £30,000 to the airline." Ms Smith added: "This sentence should send a message that creating a bomb scare is no trivial matter.
Source: Standard Digital January 18, 2020 12:56 UTC