A teenage boy's jokes on Twitter to blow up Sydney Airport caught the attention of authorities. Source: The Daily Telegraph
A TEENAGE boy who jokingly threatened to blow up Sydney Airport on Twitter yesterday was given the shock of his life when he was met by Federal Police at Melbourne Airport.
Anthony Palazzolo was escorted off a Jetstar flight in front of his parents by Australian Federal Police officers when it reached the gate at Melbourne yesterday afternoon after he posted a string of threatening tweets on the social networking website.
''I'm actually determined to bomb Sydney airport it's actually so s---. Melbourne's airport is legit perfection compared to this. whOOPS,'' the 17-year-old posted shortly before boarding his flight.
Another tweet said: ''Petition to burn down Sydney airport.''
One prescient friend even replied to Mr Palazzolo: ''um imagine if you get like moved into an interrogation room for typing that.''
Sure enough, the two tweets caught the attention of authorities who quickly discovered he was on en-route to Melbourne and arranged for the greeting party to board the plane before passengers began disembarking.
The Melbourne teenager was returning from a family holiday in Europe when he apparently became frustrated while transiting through Sydney Airport.
''Why does Sydney airport exist? It's so unorganized I want to stab myself,'' he wrote.
''Sydney Airport needs to sTOP It's so busy I can't breaTHE.''
The boy's Twitter account was deleted soon after the incident.
An AFP spokesman confirmed officers had spoken with the boy and released him without charge.
''The incident was determined to be a hoax and no further action will taken against him,'' he said.
Under the Transport Security Act threatening to blow up an airport can result in jail time.
Palazzolo is not the first person to land in hot water for making a seemingly light-hearted bomb threat on Twitter.
UK man Paul Chambers was convicted of sending a menacing tweet after he took to the social networking site to vent his frustration over a snow closure in 2010.
''Cr-p! Robin Hood airport is closed. You've got a week and a bit to get your s--- together otherwise I'm blowing the airport sky high!!''
Mr Chambers had the conviction overturned in the high court in July last year.
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