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  • Australian Philip Kirsch grounded after 9/11 bomb prank

    09/12/2009 10:21:52 PM PDT · by naturalman1975 · 10 replies · 550+ views
    Sunday Mail (Queensland) ^ | 13th September 2009 | Kay Dibben
    A MAN on a September 11 flight from Brisbane to the US used the aircraft's in-flight chatroom to tell his fellow passengers "I have a bomb". Philip Kirsch, 21, yesterday pleaded guilty in the Brisbane Magistrates Court to a charge of making threats regarding aviation security after his "joke" onboard V Australia flight 007 to Los Angeles on Thursday. Commonwealth prosecutor Sara Parga yesterday told the court that the flight captain took the threat very seriously – particularly because it was the anniversary of the airliner-based terrorist attacks on the World Trade Centre and Pentagon in 2001. The fact that...