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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 (www.businessinsider.com)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

bluffing a threat to the plane by snapchatting your friend would be a weird move. No one on the plane even knew a "threat" was made.

It seems like "we have no details at all about the threat (because it wasn't actually credible), so let's just be prepared for every situation" is the logic.