"Passenger Faces Hefty Fine for Plane-Bomb Joke"

Aditya Verma, an airline passenger, is facing public-disorder charges in Spain after joking about blowing up the plane on Snapchat, prompting the Spanish air force to scramble fighter jets. If found guilty, he could be ordered to pay over $120,000, with a significant portion going to the Spanish Defense Ministry for the cost of scrambling the jets. Verma's lawyer emphasized that it was a "bad joke" made in private with friends and that the 18-year-old was beginning a holiday as a reward for his school excellence.