Teenage Pyscho Arrested In Miley Cyrus Hannah Montana Murder Plot

January 25, 2008

CNN is reporting:

The FBI has charged a teenage boy who planned to hijack a commercial jetliner in an attempt to crash it into a Hannah Montana concert, and thereby commit suicide.

A 16-year-old was taken into custody by airport police without incident on Tuesday evening after flying from Los Angeles, California, to Nashville, Tennessee, on Southwest Airlines Flight 284.

“His stated intent was to hijack the airplane and commit suicide,” said an FBI spokesman in Memphis, Tennessee. “He did indicate he intended to die in Louisiana. It appears he had a ticket to Louisiana.”

The teen wanted to crash the plane into a Hannah Montana concert scheduled for tonight in Lafayette, Louisiana.

Bolds said he had no information on whether the concert may have been targeted as part of the plot.

In the teen’s possession were handcuffs, duct tape and a type of rope or yarn, according to the FBI. Authorities noted that those are not prohibited items. “His plan contemplated overpowering the flight crew,” Bolds said.

The teen is being held on unspecified state charges and could face federal charges as well, Bolds said. CNN affiliate WTVF reported the teen has been charged with felony terrorism and is being held at the Davidson County juvenile detention center.

“It is my understanding that at no point in time during the course of the flight there was ever any safety concern,” Southwest Airlines spokesman Chris Mainz said. Bolds also said nothing threatening occurred on the flight from California to Nashville.

Police became aware of the teen’s presence on the flight and his alleged murder plans from an as yet unnamed source.

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