American Airlines inundated with bomb threats on Twitter after 14-year-old Dutch hoaxer is arrested

[tammywammy]

American Airlines inundated with bomb threats on Twitter after 14-year-old Dutch hoaxer is arrested


Dozens of Twitter trolls are sending bomb threats to American Airlines, just days after a Dutch teenager was arrested for the same prank.

'Prank' messages are being tweeted to the airline, threatening specific flights or just claiming that bombs are set to go off on a certain date or time.

A user calling himself AldoFernz tweeted: '@AmericanAir the bomb goes of in 3 hours.'




However, after a flood of abuse he took the comment down and wrote: 'my apologies go out to all, but why can't y'all take a joke.'

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/article-2604951/American-Airlines-Twitter-account-inundated-bomb-threats-Dutch-hoaxer-arrested.html#ixzz2yyD752Jr

WTF is wrong with people? How in any way is this funny?

[MohRokTah]

1. Copycat criminals

They'll enjoy being picked up by law enforcement too, I imagine.

[TwilightGardener]

2. Fucking idiots.

[tabbycat31]

3. What is it with airlines and Twitter?

One gets bomb threats, another tweets porn.

[Glassunion]

8. On a technicality they are the same airline after the merge...

[MineralMan]

4. Each and every one of those hoaxers should receive a visit

from FBI guys in suits. The FBI can explain why posting such crap isn't funny. Not one bit.

They think they're anonymous on Twitter. They're wrong.

[tammywammy]

6. Why would anyone think this is a "funny prank"?

That's what I don't get.

[MineralMan]

7. Odds are that most of those are young.

Either that or incredibly stupid. There's nothing funny about bombs and airplanes, but some people just don't get it.

[Drunken Irishman]

5. It'd be funny if all these idiots found themselves on the no fly list for the rest of their lives...

Hey, your parents and you planned a vacation to beautiful Cancun? Sorry, guys, you can't get on the plane. Better find a different way there...