She Was Running Late To Her Flight, But Her Plan To Delay The Plane Is The Dumbest Ever

Marina Verbitsky was behind schedule as she ran to her gate at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport in Florida. It was late on Monday, and Verbitsky was with her husband and their son. She worried that they were going to miss their flight back home to Chicago, Illinois, which was a problem because her son had school the next day and could not miss out on his education.

However, Verbitsky and her family were too late. Jet Blue employees told her that they had missed the flight and there was no way they could stop the plane since it had already left the gate. The plane was already taxiing to the runway. That’s when Jet Blue employees reported that Verbitsky became “irate.” The family’s checked baggage was on board the departing flight, which was leaving without the Chicago family.

Verbitsky did not act kindly toward the Jet Blue employees. That’s when she told the airline that one of her checked bags, which was already on the flight, contained an active bomb that would go off if she and her family were not allowed on board the plane bound for Chicago.

“She became very angry because they were not allowed to board the plane,” a Broward County sheriff’s deputy wrote in a police report that was since obtained by FOX News. “She was using profanities toward the employees, and when she was notified the plane was taxiing to the runway with her checked luggage, she stated there was a bomb in her luggage.”

Verbitsky was arrested, thrown into handcuffs, and taken into custody. Because of her fake bomb threat, the Chicago-bound flight was delayed. All passengers were forced to disembark the plane, and authorities had to make sure there wasn’t a bomb onboard. The Chicago mom now faces a charge of false reporting concerning planting a bomb, explosive, or weapon of mass destruction, according to a Daily Mail report.

A Florida judge set her bail at $10,000, which the Chicago family promptly posted. She was also ordered to undergo a mental health evaluation.

Her family is embarrassed by her behavior.

“It was a mistake,” a relative who asked to remain anonymous told the Chicago Sun-Times. “She was nervous about the son needing to go to school. It was a mess, but it was definitely not meant to be.”

Fake bomb threats are becoming commonplace at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport. Back in July, 74-year-old Wegal Rosen told an airline employee at the ticketing counter that he was carrying an active bomb in his bag. His false threat forced the airport to close three terminals and block off roads around the airport. The bomb threat also forced several flights to be canceled, while dozens more were delayed.

Rosen faced the same charge as Verbitsky. He could face up to fifteen years in prison for what he did at the airport. The Florida judge ordered that Rosen never return to the Fort Lauderdale airport.

Fake bomb threats are serious. Verbitsky and Rosen have both learned not to mess around with other people’s lives.