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Individual claims bomb on plane, threatens driver to deliver it

A passenger on a Frontier Airlines flight claimed there was a bomb in their luggage and instructed a delivery driver to drive it to a police station. The driver was threatened at gunpoint during the encounter, and the incident is under investigation by the FBI and Secret Service.

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Frontier passenger made 'bomb threat' at Atlanta airport, airline says

USA TODAY's Eve Chen takes you inside the world's busiest airport during the DHS shutdown. A false bomb threat was made on a Frontier Airlines flight shortly after landing at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on Sunday, March 29, the Denver-based airline said. Frontier flight 2539 d

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a passenger made a 'verbal bomb threat'

The term 'verbal bomb threat' is charged and precise when the context (passenger saying something during taxi) could be described more neutrally as a false alarm or suspicious statement.

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Delivery driver threatened at gunpoint to drive bomb to police station

Delivery driver threatened at gunpoint to drive explosive device to police station 21 minutes ago ShareSave Add as preferred on Google Jessica LawrenceBBC News NI BBC The alert was centred around the police station in Lurgan town centre A delivery driver was told he would be killed if he did not dri

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this was a reckless and cowardly attack

Emotionally charged characterization ('reckless and cowardly') used by a senior police official where a more neutral description of the hijacking would convey the same factual content.

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those relics from the past have no place in society today

The word 'relics' carries dismissive, contemptuous charge beyond what a neutral description of dissident groups would require.

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utterly reckless and abhorrent behaviour

Superlative loaded language ('utterly reckless and abhorrent') from Justice Minister Naomi Long where more measured alternatives exist.

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