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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAmerican Airlines inundated with bomb threats on Twitter after 14-year-old Dutch hoaxer is arrested
American Airlines inundated with bomb threats on Twitter after 14-year-old Dutch hoaxer is arrested
Dozens of Twitter trolls are sending bomb threats to American Airlines, just days after a Dutch teenager was arrested for the same prank.
'Prank' messages are being tweeted to the airline, threatening specific flights or just claiming that bombs are set to go off on a certain date or time.
A user calling himself AldoFernz tweeted: '@AmericanAir the bomb goes of in 3 hours.'
However, after a flood of abuse he took the comment down and wrote: 'my apologies go out to all, but why can't y'all take a joke.'
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/article-2604951/American-Airlines-Twitter-account-inundated-bomb-threats-Dutch-hoaxer-arrested.html#ixzz2yyD752Jr
Dozens of Twitter trolls are sending bomb threats to American Airlines, just days after a Dutch teenager was arrested for the same prank.
'Prank' messages are being tweeted to the airline, threatening specific flights or just claiming that bombs are set to go off on a certain date or time.
A user calling himself AldoFernz tweeted: '@AmericanAir the bomb goes of in 3 hours.'
However, after a flood of abuse he took the comment down and wrote: 'my apologies go out to all, but why can't y'all take a joke.'
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/article-2604951/American-Airlines-Twitter-account-inundated-bomb-threats-Dutch-hoaxer-arrested.html#ixzz2yyD752Jr
WTF is wrong with people? How in any way is this funny?
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American Airlines inundated with bomb threats on Twitter after 14-year-old Dutch hoaxer is arrested (Original Post)
tammywammy
Apr 2014
OP
It'd be funny if all these idiots found themselves on the no fly list for the rest of their lives...
Drunken Irishman
Apr 2014
#5
MohRokTah
(15,429 posts)1. Copycat criminals
They'll enjoy being picked up by law enforcement too, I imagine.
TwilightGardener
(46,416 posts)2. Fucking idiots.
tabbycat31
(6,336 posts)3. What is it with airlines and Twitter?
One gets bomb threats, another tweets porn.
Glassunion
(10,201 posts)8. On a technicality they are the same airline after the merge...
MineralMan
(146,317 posts)4. Each and every one of those hoaxers should receive a visit
from FBI guys in suits. The FBI can explain why posting such crap isn't funny. Not one bit.
They think they're anonymous on Twitter. They're wrong.
tammywammy
(26,582 posts)6. Why would anyone think this is a "funny prank"?
That's what I don't get.
MineralMan
(146,317 posts)7. Odds are that most of those are young.
Either that or incredibly stupid. There's nothing funny about bombs and airplanes, but some people just don't get it.
Drunken Irishman
(34,857 posts)5. It'd be funny if all these idiots found themselves on the no fly list for the rest of their lives...
Hey, your parents and you planned a vacation to beautiful Cancun? Sorry, guys, you can't get on the plane. Better find a different way there...