An airline passenger could face a $120,000 bill after fighter jets were scrambled when he joked about blowing up the plane (www.businessinsider.com)

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[-] Zorque@kbin.social 41 points 9 months ago

It was not immediately clear how UK authorities were alerted to the message, with the judge noting "they were not the subject of evidence in this trial".

A literal "We're not the ones on trial here!" Holy shit.

[-] slacktoid@lemmy.ml 7 points 9 months ago

Its the UK they invented that phrase.

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