Here's yet another recent repeat inflight bomb threat discoverer:
Ex-SkyWest flight attendant accused of two bomb threats
By Mayra Cuevas
Updated 12:22 PM ET, Wed September 16, 2015
(CNN)—A former SkyWest flight attendant admitted he fabricated two bomb threats that resulted in emergency landings in North Dakota and Virginia, according to court documents released this week.
On September 9, while working aboard Delta flight 4770 traveling from Minneapolis, Minnesota, to Dickinson, North Dakota, flight attendant Justin Cox-Sever said he found "a suspicious bag on board that was 'beeping,'" according to the affidavit.
Cox-Sever notified the flight deck. An announcement was made asking passengers if they recognized the bag, but no one did. Cox-Sever then told the flight deck he could hear "beeping" inside the bag. "At that time, the captain declared a Level 3 emergency, notified air traffic control, and prepared for an emergency landing," said the affidavit.
All commercial traffic in the Dickinson Roosevelt Regional Airport was shut down. But when police and the bomb squad investigated the contents of the bag, they found only rolled up towels.
On July 7, 2015, Cox-Sever had been on American Airlines Flight 2928 traveling from Charlottesville, Virginia, to Chicago. "During that flight, Cox-Sever discovered a written threat on the wall of the lavatory stating a bomb was on the plane," said the affidavit. "The flight was diverted back to Charlottesville and no explosives were found on the plane. Cox-Sever had pictures of this incident on his cell phone and stated he received positive feedback from his employer for his handling of the incident."
The FBI agent heading the investigation, Daniel Genck, said Cox-Sever confessed to planting the bag inside the Delta plane and also to fabricating the note on the American Airlines flight.
Ex-SkyWest flight attendant accused of two bomb threats - CNN.com
Sounds like maybe these were codeshare flights operated by SkyWest.
Originally Posted by
draglift
The same thing happened to a European airline a few years ago. A steward set fire to paper towels in a toilet, raised the alarm and put the fire out with a fire extinguisher. He so enjoyed the praise and adulation he got from being a hero that he "discovered" another toilet fire a few months later. To his surprise and disappointment he was not regarded as a hero the second time and was prosecuted for endangering a plane and was sacked.
It almost seems like these men keep trying until they are caught. Of course, the only ones we know about are the ones that
are caught so maybe that's not really a useful observation. But, each of these news reports cites repeat offenders with the phony inflight fires and bomb threats.