UPDATE: It was his ex-girlfriend, according to 6 ABC:
Philadelphia police and FBI authorities say it was a "pretty nasty trick" by a man's ex-girlfriend that resulted in a scare for passengers aboard a plane out of Philadelphia Thursday morning.
Bitch.
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Chris Shell had a bad day today. It's his 29th birthday.
A little after 7 a.m. this morning, Shell, who lives in Philadelphia, boarded a US Airways flight bound for Dallas, Texas, where he’s from. You know, some family time on his big day. Before takeoff, he posted a picture of himself on the plane, along with his flight information, and bragged about his easy path through security. Seen here: [Facebook screen grabs via NBC 10, as I don’t have access to Shell’s profile]
Whether an idiot friend or vindictive prick needed those posts to play an elaborate birthday prank is unclear, but someone was about to fuck with Shell, US Airways, Philadelphia Police, the FBI, TSA, and every frothing-at-the-mouth-for-a-juicy-story-on-a-slow-Thursday local media outlet.
As you probably heard by now, Shell’s flight, US Airways 1267, was called back to Philadelphia shortly after takeoff. Someone phoned airport police around the time the plane departed and said that Shell had explosives on board. The Airbus A319, carrying 75 souls and 22,500 pounds of fuel, was ordered back to Philly, where it landed at 8:47 a.m., and taxied to the airport’s “hijack” area (the old international terminal).
Here’s the audio of the tower, pilot, and emergency services:
[via LiveATC.net]
At this point, Shell, wearing a PHL shirt, still had no idea what was going on. In fact, he thought the whole thing was quite, um, gay:
If the diversion didn’t sit well with Chris, I can only imagine what he thought when he was dragged off the plane in handcuffs, searched on the tarmac, and thrown into the back of a police car as dozens of other law enforcement vehicles from FBI, bomb squad, airport security and others surrounded the plane in a scene that played out live on NBC 10.
About two hours after all this, officials announced that they found no explosives on Shell and believed that he was the victim of a prank that will most likely land someone in jail. There are reports that the whole thing cost just US Airways alone tens of thousands of dollars, and that’s not to mention the cost of the massive law enforcement response. Officials said that Shell was cooperative and quite surprised when he was removed from the plane. What wasn’t made public, though, is if Shell had any idea who punked him. Maybe he does, maybe he doesn’t. But I'd start by looking at the comments on his Facebook post. Namely, this one: [name redacted, because we're speculating]
Yeah, there. I’d start there.
33 Responses
I thought this was a Philly sports blog.
James Ellis
Who is the blanked out guy talking to? Seems like someone deleted their comments before being screen grabbed.
Kyle, now that Bobrovsky’s gone, did you take his position of beat cop with the Pennsylvania state police force?
can shell play shortstop next season?
The guy looks borderline retrard and this site has officially died
great sports post! your blog fucking sucks
it’s shell, not snell…”not gonna lie”
I like this post – seriously.
MW, He has to write about SOMETHING. Wait until baseball is over and hockey is on strike! Gonna be a tough time to find anything to write about. Nothing is going on anywhere in Philly sports….
Not gonna lie…the shit was funny. FBook F’s people over all day. Hilarious.
Wait for the post about the presidential race.
Now the “victim” is asking for money for an interview on his facebook page
great prank
So let me get this straight, he’s just some random dude? I thought I was missing the connection to sports.
Candy from the Oak is a fucking loser. How the fuck do you complain about the site all day when you’re the site’s most frequent visitor?
@ rich This site has broke me. I have no comment
Wow, I almost feel bad now.
Is anyone else confused by this post, pecifically by the last screenshot? The guy makes three random, hateful comments that make no sense to the rest of the story.
sock socks and more socks!
I don’t understand why he posted 2 pics taking with each hand
A girlfriend like that must be a huge whore in bed a la anal
He, as well as everyone who commented on his posts, should be arrested for abuse of the English language. Good Lord, people are so dumb it’s frightening.
So far, three US citizens have been arrested for comments they have made on FB….local police take them in, and FBI is on scene but do not involve themselves.
which proves the CIA and NSA use FB as a database.
i’m here all weak, try the veal.
“One of my new neighbors works security and walked me str8 through”
that alone should have gotten his new neighbor fired.
Classic prank right there. #Jeah!
That dude makes Fido’s ass look handsome.
I feel as if Chris Shell should be put in jail, just for taking pictures of himself while on the plane. I’m sure the people around him were making fun of him, as they should.
Where has that idiot 3 Finger Lenny been?
Isn’t that 3 Finger Lenny in the picture on the right?
That’s not 3 Finger Lenny, it’s Rob House.
3 Finger Lenny is fingering chance vp
Pop quiz who’s dumber, this retarded kid or his ex-gf? Answer: neither, they both are monstrous wastes of life. Facebook is for tools.
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