SMS from Crashed Cypriot Plane A Hoax

The man who claimed that he has received an a telephone text message from a passenger on board of the Cypriot airliner which crashed north of Athens, has been arrested, reports Sofia News Agency.

Police identified the man as Nektarios-Sotirios Voutas, 32. He had announced that his cousin, who he identified as Kostas Petridis, was on board and had sent him a cellphone text message minutes before the crash saying: "Farewell, cousin, here we're frozen."

The report that the plane was cold was taken as a sign of decompression - one of the possible explanations authorities have given for the crash, which was Greece's deadliest.

But police in Thessaloniki said they had determined he was lying, and there was no Petridis on the Cypriot government's official list of victims.

Yesterday's post: - Chilling SMS sent from crashing plane

Today's story is also reported by RTE News and the Mail&Guardian.

emily | 9:06 AM | Spam, Viruses and Hoaxes |
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