Husband causes security alert with prank text

An Italian tourist aboard a flight from Sydney to Vienna caused a security alert when he sent a prank text message to his wife claiming his plane had been hijacked by terrorists.

Husband causes security alert with prank text

An Italian tourist aboard a flight from Sydney to Vienna caused a security alert when he sent a prank text message to his wife claiming his plane had been hijacked by terrorists.

Antonio Casale, 35, sent the message to his wife from Kuala Lumpur during a refuelling stop on the Lauda Austrian Airlines flight, Sydney’s Sunday Telegraph newspaper reported.

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