Yes, tweeting a threat is apparently now a trend. However, following the crowd ended badly for one teen who threatened American Airlines.
On April 14th, 2014, a 14-year-old girl played a slightly belated April Fools prank on American Airlines which landed her in jail.
A Dutch teen, Sarah, tweeted to American Airlines, “Hello my name's Ibrahim and I'm from Afghanistan. I'm part of Al Qaida and on June 1st I'm gonna do something really big bye.”
What followed was a flurry of tweets between American Airlines on how seriously they take every single threat made against them, the Dutch police giving updates about the teenager being arrested and frantic last-minute apologies from Sarah.
While it was fairly obvious that the tweet was a prank, the girl was detained to set an example. Sarah was eventually released, but not before police had made their point.
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