Dutch man cries after admitting plane-bomb lie

A Dutch national has pleaded guilty to claiming that he had a bomb on board a flight that was forced to divert to Shannon Airport in January.

Forty-four-year-old Jorge Serapio Flores of Kerkrade in the Netherlands, pleaded guilty to knowingly making a false alarm, in that he stated he had a bomb in his possession on board flight ARKE 361 between Amsterdam and Aruba.