Yeap, in Cyprus, where i come from. It was a foreigner who was at the time living and working in Cyprus, and thought of playing the cruel farce of claiming he received an sms from a friend passenger on the plane that he saw the pilot of the plane turning blue in his face and running towards the back of the plane. And that the passengers were also freezing and that the alleged friend was scared.
Later on investigation prooved that he didn't know anyone on board and he was arrested when he admited the farce.
I think he (or his lawyer) later claimed he was either a lunatic or suffered from depression.