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Oakland Tribune - Oregon man arrested for allegedly threatening to blow up plane at
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO — Police arrested an Oregon man Tuesday night at San Francisco International Airport after he threatened to blow up a plane, authorities said Wednesday.
Mark Todd Field, 46, didn’t have a bomb, but he made the threat at about 9:54 p.m. in the International Terminal because he was angry about a problem with a plane ticket, said Detective Sgt. Wesley Matsuura of the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office.
An employee from Philippine Airlines told the man he would have to buy a round-trip ticket if he wanted to get on the plane. Matsuura said said Field, of Gold Beach, Ore., lost his temper and pointed to a cell phone he was holding and said, “I’m going to press this and blow up the plane.”
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The airline employee took the threat seriously and called police. Authorities searched Field’s bags and the airplane but didn’t find any explosives, Matsuura said. The terminal was not evacuated. Matsuura was not sure if the flight was delayed.
Field was arrested on suspicion of making a false bomb threat and making criminal threats.
He is in custody in lieu of $50,000 bail.
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