Taj Taylor, 27, was arrested after he allegedly told a passenger during a flight heading to Virginia that his laptop was a bomb, the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office stated in a news release.

An Allegiant Air flight from Florida to Virginia had to return due to a bomb threat. Taj Malik Taylor told a fellow passenger his laptop was a bomb. T

An Allegiant Air passenger is under investigation by the FBI after allegedly claiming his laptop was a bomb to others. The passenger is being charged with a false bomb threat, which forced his flight to make an emergency landing on Sunday.