Don't mess with American Airlines: teen becomes a rage after terrorism joke tweet

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What happens when a teen decides to tweet a terror hoax as a joke to an airline? Trouble, ridicule, chaos and a meltdown follow.

"@AmericanAir hello my name's Ibrahim I'm from Afghanistan. I'm part of Al Qaida and on June 1st I'm gonna do something really big, bye (sic)".

A young twitter user, @QueenDemetriax_, on Sunday found herself grappling as reactions filled with hate and rage began flowing in after American Airlines responded to her seemingly hoax threat. "Sarah (name in description of the Twitter handle), we take these threats very seriously. Your IP address and details will be forwarded to security and the FBI," the airline tweeted back.

The joke soon turned into a nightmare for the Twitter user, who later claimed to be just 14 years old. The hoax tweet and the reply from the airline went viral on the internet within minutes, as Sarah's post was retweeted more than 10,000 times.

Though Sarah, who goes by only first name in her Twitter bio, and American Airlines eventually deleted their tweets — AA within an hour — their screenshots are still doing rounds on the internet.

"But guys I have a lawyer named Demi Lovato"

Following the airline's response, Sarah's followers witnessed her meltdown as she tried to explain to the airline that she had cracked a harmless joke. This, however, did not deter her from cracking occasional jokes — though riddled with apparent duress.

"I always wanted to be famous, but I meant like Demi Lovato famous, not Osama bin laden famous” she tweeted at one point.

She added the notorious tweet to her bio and changed her name to 'Ibrahim'. The 14-year-old also made repeated mentions of her fast growing followers on Twitter — she got 20,000 of them within nearly 12 hours.

The Demi Lovato fan is being been widely ridiculed and crticised for her misplaced joke. 

@QueenDemetriax_ don't worry sarah I like you— Osama Bin Laden (@Binladentweet) April 13, 2014

@QueenDemetriax_ Hello Sarah, we'd like to talk to you.— FBI (@flopngerz) April 13, 2014

Have the FBI stormed Sarah's house yet?— Clare O'Driscoll (@WWEDrico) April 14, 2014

Hey @QueenDemetriax_ the FBI people is here, the gentlemen FBI wants to talk to you.......... Alone in the dark Lol.pic.twitter.com/r8RwcHProM— Gustavo Encinas (@TROOPERCAT_5150) April 14, 2014

@QueenDemetriax_ so there's a news report about youpic.twitter.com/VcqyqQJUxJ— ??? (@radlukey_) April 14, 2014

I am LOL-ing over@QueenDemetriax_'s TL. So much fun— Micro-ambitious (@pal36) April 13, 2014

Stop giving @QueenDemetriax_your attention & making other people think it's okay to follow in her idiotic footsteps. It's a complete waste!— RAM (@RAMrants) April 13, 2014

Whoever @QueenDemetriax_ is. When authorities show up at her door, I hope she livetweets it. Because she's an intergalactic idiot.— Awesomely Luvvie (@Luvvie) April 13, 2014

Looks like @QueenDemetriax_is our next NYT trend story.— Robert MacMillan (@bobbymacReports) April 13, 2014

@FBIPressOffice I heard@QueenDemetriax_ blocked you here on Twitter, is it even possible to catch her now?— GGeasyNoobs (@GG_easy_)April 14, 2014

Some users, however, have defended her move too.

DO PEOPLE ACTUALLY BELIEVE THAT@QueenDemetriax_ IS A TERRORIST OMG YEP THE WHITE, FEMALE DEMI LOVATO FAN IS TOTALYYY A TERRORIST LOL— thoryn//pLEASE CALUM (@whathecalum) April 13, 2014

@bgoldfairy @QueenDemetriax_@AmericanAir I know what she did was wrong, but can you just give her a break?— Sophie? (@str0ngfordemi_) April 14, 2014

@Faithful_USA@QueenDemetriax_ If you think you teach a young girl by criticizing her in front of the whole world you've been raised wrong.— Joshua (@joshuanimal)April 14, 2014

While her Twitter account faced multiple suspensions, Sarah on Monday expressed anger over the jokes and hate messages coming her way.