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Miami Herald
9 hours ago
- Miami Herald
Man running late for flight makes fake bomb threat to delay takeoff, feds say
A Michigan man arriving at the Detroit airport too late to board his California-bound flight called in a fake bomb threat to delay its takeoff, federal officials reported. John Charles Robinson, 23, of Monroe, Michigan, was arrested a day later on Friday, June 6, when he arrived at the airport to board another flight, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Michigan said in a news release. Robinson was turned away at the gate for Spirit Airlines Flight 2145, bound for Los Angeles, after arriving late at Detroit Metropolitan Airport on Thursday, June 5, prosecutors said. At 6:25 a.m., Robinson used a cell phone to call the airline to make a false threat about a bomb on the airliner, prosecutors said. 'There's gonna be someone that's gonna try to blow up that flight, 2145,' Robinson said, according to prosecutors. He gave a fake description of the supposed bomber. 'They're still threatening to do it, they're still (attempting) to do it, they said it's not going to be able to be detected. Please don't let that flight board,' he said, according to prosecutors. Robinson later confessed he hoped to delay takeoff so he would not miss the flight, the Detroit Free Press reported. Instead, authorities removed passengers from the airliner, canceled the flight and searched the plane with bomb-sniffing dogs, prosecutors said. No explosives were found. The passengers boarded another flight to Los Angeles later that day, according to The Detroit News. Robinson rebooked his flight and was arrested when he returned to the airport on charges including using a cellphone to threaten/maliciously convey false information in an attempt or alleged attempt to damage or destroy an airplane using an explosive, the newspaper reported. 'No American wants to hear the words 'bomb' and 'airplane' in the same sentence,' said U.S. Attorney Jerome F. Gorgon, Jr., in the release. 'Making this kind of threat undermines our collective sense of security and wastes valuable law enforcement resources In a statement to WWJ-TV, Spirit Airlines said the 'safety of our Guests and Team Members is our top priority.'
Miami Herald
28-05-2025
- General
- Miami Herald
Sick dog on flight diverts California-bound jetliner to Minnesota, airline says
A passenger's dog who fell ill in the cabin of an airliner diverted the California-bound flight to a Minnesota airport, Delta Air Lines reported. Flight 694 took off from Detroit Metro Airport bound for Los Angeles International Airport on Monday, May 26, the airline told McClatchy News in an email. After a dog became ill in the cabin, the flight landed at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport to allow the passenger and animal to disembark, the airline said. A veterinarian on the flight also provided care to the dog and medical personnel met the flight when it landed, Delta said. 'The safety of our customers and people comes before everything else at Delta,' the airline said. The diversion caused a 2 ½-hour delay for the 181 passengers aboard, Delta said. The flight continued to Los Angeles and landed safely. The airline did not provide information on the dog's condition, but the pilot told passengers the pet would be all right, KTLA reported.
