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Bonneville Seattle is raising funds for the construction of a second Fisher House at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Tacoma and we need your help.Man indicted for alleged airplane hijack hoax
February 21, 2013 @ 8:11 pm
HONOLULU (AP) - A federal grand jury has indicted a Hawaii man on charges he lied to authorities when he said a possible hijacker was aboard an Alaska Airlines flight to Seattle.
Timothy David Hershman faces up to five years in prison if convicted.
Last month the FBI said a caller reported a possible hijacker aboard a Jan. 17 flight from Kailua-Kona.
The call prompted the Oregon Air National Guard to scramble two F-15 jets to escort the flight to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.
Authorities took a passenger off the plane for questioning. They decided the call was a hoax after talking to him for nearly two hours.
A message left at a phone number listed for Hershman was not immediately returned.
The indictment was filed in U.S. District Court in Honolulu on Wednesday.
(Copyright 2013 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.)
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