Los Angeles: A US man has been charged with giving false information and threats after saying he had a bomb in his backpack on a US domestic flight, triggering emergency procedures, prosecutors said on Tuesday.
Mark Michael Bote, 23, appeared nervous and was shaking and "rocking back and forth" in his seat last Friday on a flight from Knoxville, Tennessee to Denver, Colorado.
"One passenger noticed Bote had his eyes closed .. A second passenger also noticed that Bote looked nervous, and that his eyes were glazed over," said United States Attorney for the District of Colorado, John F Walsh.
Citing an affidavit, Walsh's office said: "When Bote took his seat he kept his backpack on. A flight attendant asked that he remove it. He put it under the seat in front of him, but would not let completely go of it.
A passenger who sat next to Bote said he mostly slept during the flight, but at one point awoke suddenly and said "Help me, help me." A flight attendant asked what was wrong, and Bote responded "There's a bomb. There's a bomb."
On investigation, another passenger said she was traveling with Bote, and he was a church group member and not feeling well.
If convicted he faces up to five years in prison and up to a $250,000 fine.
Mark Michael Bote, 23, appeared nervous and was shaking and "rocking back and forth" in his seat last Friday on a flight from Knoxville, Tennessee to Denver, Colorado.
"One passenger noticed Bote had his eyes closed .. A second passenger also noticed that Bote looked nervous, and that his eyes were glazed over," said United States Attorney for the District of Colorado, John F Walsh.
Citing an affidavit, Walsh's office said: "When Bote took his seat he kept his backpack on. A flight attendant asked that he remove it. He put it under the seat in front of him, but would not let completely go of it.
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A passenger who sat next to Bote said he mostly slept during the flight, but at one point awoke suddenly and said "Help me, help me." A flight attendant asked what was wrong, and Bote responded "There's a bomb. There's a bomb."
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On investigation, another passenger said she was traveling with Bote, and he was a church group member and not feeling well.
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If convicted he faces up to five years in prison and up to a $250,000 fine.
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