A passenger of the airline threatened to detonate an explosive device in order to retrieve his lost wallet

An airline passenger in India has been arrested on suspicion of threatening to bomb SpiceJet in a desperate attempt to recover his lost wallet. Shreyansh Chamariya was traveling on a SpiceJet flight from Delhi to Bengaluru, but as he was about to leave the airport, he realized that he had left his wallet on board.

Chamariya immediately contacted SpiceJet customer service. He hoped that the agent could quickly relay a message to the flight crew so they could retrieve his wallet and return it to him before he left the airport. This was reported by paddleyourownkanoo.com.

But as the call dragged on, Chamariya allegedly felt that his request was not being taken seriously, so he claimed that there was a bomb in the wallet. This threat prompted the flight attendants to immediately search for the wallet. It also attracted the attention of the airport police, who set up a special commission to assess the bomb threat, prompting full-scale security measures.

Eventually, the threat was recognized as a hoax, and officers quickly tracked down Chamariya, who was still at the SpiceJet counter in the terminal. He was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct and intimidation.

Earlier this year, a man threatened to bomb a JetBlue plane flying to Las Vegas because it was late for boarding. Upset that not only was he late for his flight, but that his luggage was still on board, the man claimed that there was a bomb in his bag. The threat was taken so seriously that the plane was evacuated shortly after it landed in Las Vegas. Sniffer dogs were sent on board the plane.

In 2021, a woman also claimed that there was a bomb in her luggage on a JetBlue flight from Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood Airport after she approached the gate and saw that the plane had already taken off. The woman hoped that this threat would force the plane to return to the gate.