Fuelled by jealousy, a flight attendant employed by the airline resorted to making a false bomb threat, causing the evacuation of 270 passengers and the entire crew from the flight. Her intention was to prevent her ex-boyfriend from traveling to Miami with his new girlfriend.
From Vice:
“Tell the little captain that we put three bombs on the Miami flight,” a distorted voice said in an audio message sent to an airline worker in Argentina on May 21. “Check the airplane because it's going to blow up in a thousand pieces.”
270 passengers along with the crew were rushed off the Aerolíneas Argentinas airplane just minutes before the flight was set to take off from Buenos Aires’ Ezeiza International Airport. Bomb squads and emergency response teams hunted for the explosives, causing the airline to lose an estimated one million dollars.
But the threatening message turned out to be a hoax, according to Argentine authorities, called in by a jealous flight attendant who worked for the airline and wanted to stop her ex-boyfriend from flying to Miami with his new girlfriend.
Daniela Carbone, 47, was charged on Tuesday in a Buenos Aires court with aggravated duress, public intimidation and obstruction of public service.
Carbone was arrested a week after the bomb threat on May 28 when she returned to Argentina on a Aerolíneas Argentinas flight. She was held in the airport prison for over two weeks while refusing to make a statement to authorities, before she was officially charged on June 13.
Even worse, she had the audacity to use her own daughter's phone to carry out this twisted plan. I mean, seriously, how self-centered can someone be? Not only did she put all those innocent people through hell, but she didn't even think twice about her own child.
If Carbone is found guilty, she should get what she deserves: up to 6 years behind bars. And honestly, it's hard to argue against it.
