Joke Text Message Triggers Terror Alert

[rainbow4321]

After his wife got done with him, he probably was wishing that he had been kept in custody...


http://www.baytownsun.com/wire.lasso?report=/dynamic/stories/A/AUSTRALIA_ITALY_HIJACK_JOKE?SITE=TXBAY&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT


CANBERRA, Australia (AP) -- An Italian tourist on a flight from Sydney to Vienna caused a security alert when he sent a cell phone message to his wife claiming his plane had been hijacked by terrorists, the Australian government said Sunday. Authorities quickly discovered the message was a hoax.

Antonio Casale, 35, sent the text message when the Lauda Air flight stopped in Kuala Lumpur to refuel, a newspaper in Sydney reported Sunday.

His distressed wife contacted Italian police, who immediately contacted the Italian Embassy in Canberra, who in turn contacted Australian police.

The pilot was reportedly contacted while in flight by counterterrorism negotiators, who found him oblivious to any hijacking attempt. The Sunday Telegraph reported Casale was taken aside by the plane's captain and detained by police when the plane landed in Austria. He was later released without charge.

[aquart]

1. Now THIS is a candidate for a No Fly list.

I wonder how many people it took to explain to him how not funny it was?

[Cooley Hurd]

2. Damn! What a ninny...

:eyes:

[foo_bar]

3. he assumed it was a private channel

probably from watching too many commercials.