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SPOKANE, Wash. - An Alaska Airlines flight made an unscheduled landing at Spokane International Airport on Wednesday after a passenger on board passed a note to a flight attendant, threatening
Fake hijacker Brandon L Scott is facing up to five years behind bars and a $250,000 for an audacious stunt, where he warned he would blow up a flight unless the pilot diverted from the intended airport.
Paul A. Souders/GettyA first-class passenger flying to Seattle allegedly threatened to blow up the plane if it didn’t divert, later telling police he believed a Mexican hit squad was lying in wait for him at the aircraft’s intended destination.The mid-air scare occurred on the afternoon of July 5, aboard Alaska Airlines flight 334 from Atlanta to Sea-Tac airport, according to a federal complaint filed Thursday. While en route, the complaint says Brandon L. Scott, 38, scrawled a note on the back
“If this plane lands in Seattle, I will kill everyone onboard,” the note said. “Change our destination and I will refrain from detonating the bomb.”