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Man makes hoax bomb call so he wouldn’t miss his U.K. flight


Sheetal Sukhija
18 Aug 2018

LONDON, U.K. - In a shocking incident at the Gatwick Airport, a resident of east London, made a hoax bomb call after he was significantly late for his flight to Los Angeles.

Running late, the Frenchman was not allowed to board his Norwegian Air flight, which was scheduled to takeoff at 5.47 am on May 11. 

However, a court heard that after being refused to board the flight, the man, identified as Jacob Meir Abdellak, a librarian, made a hoax bomb call eight minutes before the flight was due to leave.

The court was told that due to the call, all the passengers had to be re-screened and the take-off was delayed by 90 minutes. 

Subsequently, the Gatwick Airport carried out an investigation, which revealed that the hoax  call had been made by Abdellak, using the same number that was linked to his booking. 

Then, on May 22, when Abdellak returned to the airport to take another flight to the U.S., he was arrested by authorities. 

After initially claiming that he had lost his phone’s SIM card, Abdellak pleaded guilty at the Lewes Crown Court this week.

He pleaded guilty to communicating false information regarding a noxious substance likely to create serious risk to human health. 

Commenting on the case, Gatwick Police Chief Inspector Marc Clothier said, “This was a quite ridiculous decision made by Abdellak, who fabricated an extremely serious allegation purely for his own benefit. He was running late for his flight and thought it would be a good idea to call in a hoax bomb, however this turned out to be the worst decision he could have made.”

The man has now been sentenced to ten months in prison.

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