The Texas Department of Public Safety said that while the flight was taxiing on Feb 17 at El Paso International Airport, passengers got a message on their Apple devices via AirDrop saying: ‘I have a bomb would like to share a photo’. — Photo by Jonathan Kemper on Unsplash
EL PASO, Texas: A high school student confessed to sending a hoax bomb threat via AirDrop that resulted in an American Airlines flight being diverted from the tarmac at a Texas airport last week, authorities said.
The Texas Department of Public Safety said that while the flight was taxiing on Friday (Feb 17) at El Paso International Airport, passengers got a message on their Apple devices via AirDrop saying: “I have a bomb would like to share a photo.” In the statement released Feb 20, the agency said that because of that message, the aircraft taxied back to a gate.
