FBI: Bomb threat to Spirit Airlines was made by frustrated passenger

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A 23-year-old Monroe man missed his Spirit Airlines flight at Detroit Metro Airport on June 5 and allegedly called in a bomb threat hoping to delay the flight.

The threat caused the flight to be evacuated and delayed for six hours while authorities investigated.

The FBI traced the call back to the man, who was arrested at the airport when he arrived for a later flight.

One day after missing his flight, a Spirit Airlines passenger landed in federal court for allegedly taking his travel frustration to extremes: He called in a bomb threat, causing chaos at Detroit Metro Airport June 5 and triggering federal charges and a warrant for his arrest, prosecutors say.

According to a criminal complaint filed June 6 in U.S. District Court in Detroit, the bomb threat that led t