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3 Israeli youths removed from flight in Turkey after joking about bombs
While boarding the plane, the three young men joked 'What would happen here if there was an explosion?' A flight attendant who heard them reported it to the captain, and the flight was delayed by three hours as the Israelis' bags were taken out of the luggage hold and checked.
Three Israelis were removed from a Turkish Airlines flight last week and arrested at the Istanbul Atatürk Airport for making jokes aloud about explosive devices and behaving in a generally unruly manner.
“What would happen here if there was an explosion?” the youths joked aloud.
Their flight was consequently delayed for three hours until all of their belongings were unloaded from the plane and their bags checked.
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The flight was supposed to depart at 6:20pm, but the three Israeli youths prevented the prompt takeoff with their disorderly behavior.
The Israeli Consulate in Istanbul said that “the three Israelis joked around out loud while boarding the plane about explosive devices and the like. The flight attendant who heard them told the captain. He ordered to delay the flight, unload their luggage and check their bags.”
After landing in Israel, the three were taken in for questioning by the police and were later released.
