Passenger ‘absolutely’ didn’t hear bomb mentioned

ONE passenger said he “absolutely never heard the word ‘bomb’ at all” before air marshals shot dead a man during the uproar as an Orlando-bound flight prepared to leave Miami on Wednesday.

The passenger shot to death by federal marshals who said he made a bomb threat was agitated even before boarding and later appeared to be desperate to get off the plane, some fellow travellers said.

Federal officials say Rigoberto Alpizar made the threat in the jetway, after running up the plane’s aisle from his seat at the back of the jetliner. They opened fire because the 44-year-old Home Depot employee ignored their orders to stop, reached into his backpack and said he had a bomb, according to authorities.