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Caller who made bomb threat to Manchester-Boston Regional Airport spoke with Southern accent

Investigators believe caller was real person, used Android device

Caller who made bomb threat to Manchester-Boston Regional Airport spoke with Southern accent

Investigators believe caller was real person, used Android device

TRACK THAT PERSON DOWN. NEWS NINE INVESTIGATES HAS OBTAINED AN AUDIO RECORDING OF THE BOMB THREAT MADE TO MANCHESTER BOSTON REGIONAL AIRPORT LAST YEAR. AIRPORT COMMUNICATION ON SPEAKING, I HAVE PLANTED A BOMB ON THE PLANE AND CAME 2025 GOING TO TAMPA AT. 11:25 A.M. AND WE’RE ON THE PLANE. DID YOU PUT THE BOMB? I AIN’T GOING TO TELL YOU THAT. YOU GOT TO FIND IT, THE CALLER TOLD DISPATCHERS THAT HIS NAME WAS JACK BURNS, AND DOCUMENTS OBTAINED BY NEWS NINE INVESTIGATES SHOW LONDONDERRY POLICE BELIEVE THE CALLER WAS AN ACTUAL PERSON, NOT A ROBO CALL, BECAUSE OF HIS SOUTHERN ACCENT, INFLECTION AND IMMEDIATE RESPONSES TO THE DISPATCHERS QUESTIONS IS WHAT KIND OF BOMB IS IT? OH, IT’S ONE THAT’S GOING TO BLOW AND WHAT TIME WAS IT GOING TO BLOW AT EXACTLY 1130 ON THE DOT. FIVE MINUTES INTO THE FLIGHT, DETECTIVES ALSO BELIEVED THE CALL WAS MADE FROM AN ANDROID DEVICE. IP ADDRESSES FOR A PERSON NAMED JACK BURNS WERE CONNECTED TO INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS IN AUSTRALIA. WHEN THE THREAT CAME IN, THE AIRPORT WAS EVACUATED AND SHUT DOWN FOR SEVERAL HOURS AS INVESTIGATORS USED CANINES TO SEARCH THE PLANE AND NEARBY TERMINALS AND SAY NO DEVICES WERE FOUND. AND AS FAR AS WE KNOW, NO SUSPECTS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED. WE DID REACH OUT TO THE FBI, BUT THEY DECLINED TO COMMENT. LIVE FROM MANCHESTER
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Caller who made bomb threat to Manchester-Boston Regional Airport spoke with Southern accent

Investigators believe caller was real person, used Android device

Investigators believe that a bomb threat that shut down Manchester-Boston Regional Airport for hours last year was called in by a real person rather than made by a robocall.News 9 Investigates obtained a copy of the call, as well as documents detailing the steps police took to track down the person behind it."I have planted a bomb on plane NK 2025 going to Tampa at 11:25 a.m.," the caller told a dispatcher."And where did you put the bomb?" the dispatcher asked."I ain't telling you that (expletive)," the caller said. "You got to find it."The caller told dispatchers that his name was "Jack Burns." >> Download the free WMUR app to get updates on the go: Apple | Google Play <<Documents obtained by News 9 Investigates show that Londonderry police believed the caller was an actual person, not a robocall, because of his Southern accent, inflection and immediate responses to the dispatcher's questions. Detectives also believe the call was made from an Android device. IP addresses for a person named Jack Burns were connected to internet service providers in Australia.The caller claimed that the bomb was going to explode five minutes into the flight. After the threat came in, the airport was evacuated and shut down for several hours.Investigators used K-9s to search the plane and nearby terminals but said no devices were found.No suspects have been publicly identified. The FBI declined to comment.

Investigators believe that a bomb threat that shut down Manchester-Boston Regional Airport for hours last year was called in by a real person rather than made by a robocall.

News 9 Investigates obtained a copy of the call, as well as documents detailing the steps police took to track down the person behind it.

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"I have planted a bomb on plane NK 2025 going to Tampa at 11:25 a.m.," the caller told a dispatcher.

"And where did you put the bomb?" the dispatcher asked.

"I ain't telling you that (expletive)," the caller said. "You got to find it."

The caller told dispatchers that his name was "Jack Burns."

>> Download the free WMUR app to get updates on the go: Apple | Google Play <<

Documents obtained by News 9 Investigates show that Londonderry police believed the caller was an actual person, not a robocall, because of his Southern accent, inflection and immediate responses to the dispatcher's questions.

Detectives also believe the call was made from an Android device. IP addresses for a person named Jack Burns were connected to internet service providers in Australia.

The caller claimed that the bomb was going to explode five minutes into the flight. After the threat came in, the airport was evacuated and shut down for several hours.

Investigators used K-9s to search the plane and nearby terminals but said no devices were found.

No suspects have been publicly identified. The FBI declined to comment.