DETROIT — A man who missed a flight to Los Angeles from Detroit called in a false bomb threat with the hope that any delay would allow him to get on the Spirit Airlines plane, authorities said Friday.

The 23-year-old man, identified as John Charles Robinson from Monroe, Michigan, was charged with maliciously giving false information about an explosive.

The phone call caused a scramble Thursday morning at Detroit Metropolitan Airport. The FBI said passengers on the plane were removed, interviewed and screened again. The flight didn't leave until six hours later.

The call was detailed in the affidavit released by the Eastern District of Michigan's U.S. Attorney's Office on Friday. Robinson allegedly made claims he had information about the specific flight he was supposed to be on

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