Ryanair Ltd. Monday filed suit in Los Angeles against unknown Twitter users who, according to the Irish carrier, have threatened to blow up some of the company’s aircraft.
Ryanair filed the extortion suit in Los Angeles Superior Court against the alleged perpetrators, who are identified only as Does 1-100. The suit seeks unspecified compensatory and punitive damages, as well as an injunction requiring the unnamed defendants to remove the tweets.
According to the lawsuit, Twitter users with the handles @Stencill, Gunnexdog and @FinestLands have tweeted such threats as “Hey @Ryanair Pay $50000000 to Vinnie@Null.cat or I blow up 15 of your planes”; “hello @Ryanair, you have 15 minutes before I commit the biggest terror attack the UK has even seen on one of your planes. Be ready”; and “I HAVE A BOMB ON YOUR PLANE @RYANAIR.”
The tweets “constitute extortion as they are direct threats, or implied threats,” the suit states.
Ryanair is a low-cost airline headquartered in Swords, Ireland.
–City News Service