Marine Held in Threat to Bomb Plane

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Marine Held in Threat to Bomb Plane
March 12, 2009
Jacksonville Daily News

JACKSONVILLE, N.C. --- A Camp Lejeune Marine was charged Tuesday with threatening to blow up a plane at Wilmington International Airport.

Nicholas Hanke, 20 -- whose rank was not available at press time -- was charged by airport authorities with making a bomb threat, communicating threats, resisting arrest, assault and battery and three counts of assault on a government official.

Airport authorities say Hanke had a ticket for a plane bound for Charlotte. But once he boarded, Hanke began to act belligerent and telling passengers there was a bomb on the plane, said Airport Director Gary Broughton.

"You are all going to die," he allegedly shouted as the flight crew tried to subdue him. He shoved the crew and ran off the plane, Broughton said.

When airport police stopped him, Hanke headbutted an officer in the nose. After being handcuffed, Hanke began to scream he would kill the president, Broughton said.


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