Plane passengers receive chilling death threats & pics of creepy skeletons before take-off as pilot delays Spain flight

PASSENGERS aboard a plane received death threats on their phone along with images of skulls before they were expecting to take off, it has been revealed. Italian police were alerted after some of the 147 passengers on a Vueling flight from Rome Fiumicino airport to Alicante, Spain, received a message in Amharic containing generic death threats with attached images on Thursday. HandoutPassengers received this message over Airdrop[/caption] HandoutThe message included an image of this ghostly monster[/caption] The content had been sent over the Airdrop app, through which an Iphone mobile holder can wirelessly send messages, photos or videos to anyone who owns am Apple device nearby. Terrified passengers raised the alarm and the flight commander immediately suspended the aircraft’s take off pending the arrival of the Border Police at Fiumicino airport, contacted via the operations room. Police discovered that the sender was an 18-year-old Spaniard, who later admitted to have shared the message in question over the Airdrop function. Some of the images included in the message showed a creepy vintage photo of a person in a white straight jacket with an frightful screaming mask. READ MORE IN WORLD NEWS DAD MISSING Family of Brit dad feared drowned in lake describe tragedy as 'unimaginable' BEACH BLOODSHED Flasher, 46, shot dead ‘by naturist’ after pleasuring himself on nude beach Another image is that of a chilling ghostly monster, worthy of coming from the film The Russian Sleep Experiment. Flight Vy1367 took off two hours later. The Sun contacted Vueling and the Airport of Fiumicino for comments. The Sun also contacted the Border Police Force for comments. This incident comes weeks after another 18-year-old was arrested after he posted “I’m gonna blow this plane up” on Snapchat in a hoax bomb scare onboard an easyJet flight to the Spanish island of Menorca. The Brit chess prodigy, identified as Aditya Verma, triggered an enormous security response including a fighter jet escort and anti-terrorist police following the hoax on the flight EZY8303. Most read in News FIRE TRAGEDY Mum dies in horror caravan blaze as partner and two kids rushed to hospital RAVE 'MURDER' Cops name man shot dead at blood-soaked park rave & arrest stabbed reveller FIGHTING FOR LIFE Brit dad in coma after being brutally stabbed 3 times on Algarve stag do BLADE HORROR Terrifying moment knifeman sneaks up behind man before stabbing him in back 'OUT OF HAND' Inside crumbling town where dealers turn derelict homes into ‘drug stores’ FOUND SAFE Three girls found safe after desperate hunt launched when trio vanished together He had reportedly travelled to the Mediterranean island for a celebration with a group of friends. A Spanish F-18 fighter jet was filmed as it escorted the passenger plane to its landing – which was half an hour later than scheduled. Furious passengers were reportedly kept on the tarmac for four hours while the bomb scare was investigated. Read More on The Sun NAME GAME We named our son a strong, manly name but family laughed in our face at it BRANCHING OUT My neighbour has cut down LOADS of my tree - I’m absolutely fuming The disruption is believed to have led to a Ryanair flight leaving two and a half hours late for London. If found guilty, the Brit teen could face a fine of up to £50,000 to cover the costs of the Spanish Airforce as well as a major police operation involving the mobilisation of specialist officers and sniffer dogs. HandoutThis terrifying image was attached to the message in Amharic[/caption]