A Spanish court acquitted a British-Indian man of public disorder after he joked to friends about being a member of the Taliban and planning to blow up a flight from London's Gatwick to Menorca in Spain in 2022.
Aditya Verma was flying on an easyJet plane to the island of Menorca with friends in July 2022 when he made the remarks on Snapchat. As soon he departed departed Gatwick airport, he sent a message to his friends that read: "On my way to blow up the plane" , World News, Times Now
Aditya Verma, a British student of Indian origin, faces trial in Spain over an in-flight hoax message claiming he was a member of Taliban and that he would blow up the plane.