Plane passengers receive death threats and photos of creepy skeletons before takeoff as pilot delays Spain flight
Passengers boarding a plane receive death threats on their phones along with chilling images of skulls – prompting the flight’s captain to delay take-off.
Italian police were alerted after some of the 147 passengers on board the Vueling flight from Rome’s Fiumicino airport to Alicante, Spain, received a message in Ethiopian Amharic containing threats. Murder with haunting images.
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The content was sent via the Airdrop app, through which iPhone users can wirelessly send messages, photos, or videos to anyone who owns an Apple device nearby.
Panicked passengers raised the alarm and the flight’s captain suspended the plane while awaiting the arrival of Border Police at Fiumicino airport.
Police discovered that the sender was an 18-year-old Hispanic, who later admitted to sharing the distorted messages.
Some of the images included in the message show a creepy vintage shot of someone wearing a straight white coat with a scary screaming mask.
Another image is of a cold ghost monster.
Flight VY1367 took off two hours later than scheduled.
The Sun has reached out to Vueling and Fiumicino Airport for comment.
The Sun has also reached out to the Border Patrol Force for comment.
This incident comes weeks after an 18-year-old was arrested after he posted “I’m going to blow this plane up” on Snapchat during a bomb threat prank on an easyJet flight to the island. Menorca of Spain.
The chess prodigy Brit, identified as Aditya Verma, triggered a massive security response that included fighter jet escort and counter-terrorism police following the hoax on flight EZY8303.
He is said to have traveled to the Mediterranean island to celebrate with a group of friends.
A Spanish F-18 fighter jet was filmed as it escorted the landing passenger plane – half an hour behind schedule.
The angry passengers are said to have been held on the tarmac for four hours while the bombing was investigated.
The disruption is said to have resulted in a Ryanair flight leaving London two and a half hours late.
If found guilty, the Brit teenager could face fines of up to £50,000 to cover the costs of the Spanish Air Force as well as a major police campaign involving the mobilization of move specialist officers and hunting dogs.
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