And finally… hoax on you
An Italian man has been arrested after calling in a bomb threat to a major airport — because he didn’t want to miss his flight.
The unnamed 46-year-old’s flight was minutes from take-off when he decided to phone emergency number 112 and claim he “heard two Arabs say that they had put a bomb on board”.
His flight was subsequently grounded, but the fake bomber never boarded; he was arrested for raising a false alarm and spent the night with police.
The flight was ultimately delayed by two and a half hours.
In addition to his prosecution, the transport ministry has advised the nameless passenger that he could be blacklisted from future flights.