German freed after jet bomb hoax
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Police found nothing during a search of the Boeing 767. (File picture)
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LONDON, England (CNN) -- A German teenager arrested in the Republic of Ireland over a hoax bomb threat on a trans-Atlantic passenger jet has been released without charge, police said.
The Delta Air Lines jet, carrying 147 passengers, had been flying to Atlanta, Georgia, from Frankfurt, Germany, Sunday when a note was found in one of the Boeing 767's toilets saying a bomb was onboard.
The aircraft, Delta Flight 27, was diverted to Shannon Airport in western Ireland where it was searched by police and bomb disposal experts before it was declared safe.
The passengers were put up overnight in hotels after police questioned, fingerprinted and took handwriting samples.
The 19-year-old student was arrested under Ireland's Air Navigation and Transport Act on Monday before the jet continued its journey to Atlanta.
The man was later released but Irish police told CNN that files on him were being prepared for public prosecutor.
A similar incident to Sunday's scare occurred last April when a crew member on a United Airlines flight from London to New York found a note containing a bomb threat in a seatback pocket.
That plane later made an emergency landing at Shannon. Police questioned passengers and searched the plane but found nothing out of the ordinary.
