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By Daisy Zavala Magaña
Seattle Times staff reporter
A 38-year-old man is accused of making a bomb threat that diverted a Seattle-bound Alaska Airlines flight to Spokane on Wednesday.
Brandon Scott, born in Kentucky, faces a false information and hoaxes charge in connection with the grounded flight, according to documents filed in U.S. District Court. He’s being held in the Spokane County Jail.
Scott could face up to five years in prison and a possible $250,000 fine.
Shortly before 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, the Alaska Airlines flight left Atlanta with Scott aboard in first class. He handed a flight attendant a note alleging he had “several pounds” of homemade explosives in his carry-on and a detonator on him, according to court documents.
Scott’s note demanded the plane be rerouted to “any other airport” and threatened to kill everyone on the plane if it landed in Seattle, documents say. The note instructed the flight attendant to alert the pilot and air traffic controllers but keep the threat from others aboard the plane, documents allege.
Scott’s note outlined that he would give himself up “peacefully” upon arrival at the rerouted destination, according to the documents.
