“I was late”: so as not to miss the plane, he issues a false bomb threat and cancels the flight

En retard pour son vol, un homme alerte l’aéroport d’une bombe dans l’avion (ILLUSTRATION). MAXPPP dpa – Helmut Fricke

Late for his flight, a resident of Moûtiers (Savoie) alerted Lyon-Saint-Exupéry airport of a bomb on the plane to Helsinki. Arrested on April 7, he was sentenced this Thursday, April 11 to six months in prison, suspended. He will also have to pay 10,000 euros to the airline Lufthansa.

This senseless gesture cost him dearly. On April 5, a resident of Moûtiers (Savoie), simulated a bomb threat on the plane that was to take him to Helsinki, says Progress. Late and for fear of missing his flight, the 40-year-old man noticed the Lyon-Saint-Exupéry airport, alerting them that a terrorist from the &quot ;red jihad" had planted explosives in the plane.

The device scrutinized

The plane, providing the connection between Lyon and Helsinki via Frankfurt airport, had already taken off. Alerted by the authorities, mine clearance teams inspected the device, revealing the absence of explosives. The flight was nevertheless canceled.

The author of this false alarm was found on April 7 by the Lyon gendarmes, while he was in a sobering-up cell in Moûtiers after being found in poor condition. drunkenness on public roads.

Six months suspended prison sentence, 10,000 euros in compensation

Identified, the man was presented in immediate appearance this Thursday, April 11 before the Albertville court. "As I& rsquo;was late, I just wanted to delay my flight without thinking that it was all going to take this magnitude and cause such inconvenience", he defended himself. Sentenced to six months in prison with suspended probation, he will also have to pay 10,000 euros to the airline Lufthansa.