Teen arrested after allegedly saying 7 words that led to airplane evacuation. But mom says it was just a joke.

Teen arrested after allegedly saying 7 words that led to airplane evacuation. But mom says it was just a joke.


An unnamed Missouri teen had been visiting friends in South Florida and was set Monday to return home to Kansas City on a Spirit Airlines flight out of the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport.

‘I don’t believe he acted criminally. He was acting as an immature 16-year-old in my opinion.’

Flight 1332 was scheduled to depart at 2:37 p.m. Monday, according to flight tracker Flightradar24. However, the flight would not depart until more than five hours later — at 7:44 p.m. — due to an alleged disturbance in the cabin that ignited concern among passengers and crew members.

Authorities claim that a teen passenger made a false bomb threat.

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The Miami Herald reported that the 16-year-old suspect said, “I have a bomb in my pocket.”

Spirit Airlines told WTVJ-TV that

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