Messing with companies on Twitter is fun, unless it involves sending an airline an ominous tweet that implies a future hijacking. That route of trolling is really, really dumb.
This morning, a girl named Sarah pretended she was going to do something to a plane and tweeted some magnificently stupid shit at American Airlines.
@AmericanAir hello my name's Ibrahim and I'm from Afghanistan. I'm part of Al Qaida and on June 1st I'm gonna do something really big bye
— Sarah (@QueenDemetriax_) April 13, 2014
American Airlines replied, saying they took the tweet seriously, because of course they would. They can't ignore a threat just because it's coming from a big Demi Lovato fan. (Update:They've deleted the tweet, for some reason, but it's above.)
@queendemetriax_ Sarah, we take these threats very seriously. Your IP address and details will be forwarded to security and the FBI.
— American Airlines (@AmericanAir) April 13, 2014
She's still coping with a possible FBI investigation in her own way.
"I blocked the FBI just in case," she wrote later, an action that seems unlikely to help if she's faced with an off-line response.
A representative from American Airlines' media department declined to comment on the company's response to the incident, stating only that safety of its passengers and crews was its priority.
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