The school said the boy and his classmates had been returning from a school-sponsored mission trip near the Texas-Mexico border, in El Paso, and that the message was sent 'in jest'
The school pupil was on a taxiing plane when Apple devices onboard received the AirDrop notification -"I have a bomb would like to share a photo".Why you can trust Sky News
The message resulted in an American Airlines flight being diverted from the tarmac at an airport in Texas last week. Authorities said the student, from Central Catholic High School in Pittsburgh, had been detained following the incident. While the plane was taxiing on the runway, the AirDrop message received on passengers' phones read:"I have a bomb would like to share a photo."
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