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Arcelia Martin

Teen jailed after bomb threat hoax is AirDropped to American Airlines passengers in Texas

DALLAS — A high school student faces criminal charges after sending a false bomb threat through AirDrop to other passengers on an American Airlines plane departing from El Paso.

Some American Airlines passengers received an AirDrop request to share a photo from a sender named “I have a bomb” as the Airbus A319 jet taxied on Friday at El Paso International Airport, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety.

The outbound flight to Chicago was delayed for hours as law enforcement agencies investigated the bomb threat. The Pennsylvania student confessed to using AirDrop to send the message and was arrested, law enforcement said.

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