The airport supervisor who has been slapped with terrorism charges pleaded not guilty to the charges and was remanded when he appeared in court yesterday.

David Bernard, 46, is charged with terrorism activity, committing an act endangering or likely to endanger aircraft safety and public mischief.

A preliminary enquiry will be carried out into the matter on April 5.

Allegations are that, on February 27, about 8:12 p.m., a man called personnel from the Transnational Crime and Narcotics Division alleging that an employee at one of the duty-free shops at the Norman Manley International Airport (NMIA) was planning to place explosives on an American Airlines aircraft.

Consequently, passengers on board a flight from Jamaica, which landed at the Hollywood International Airport in Fort Lauderdale on the night in question, were prevented from disembarking the plane as US Transport Security Administration officials conducted a thorough search of the aircraft.

While nothing was found, a 72-hour ban was instituted on cargo departing Jamaica for the United States, or using US airspace to Canada and The Bahamas.

Upon investigation, it was alleged that Bernard was responsible for making the false and malicious call because of a personal vendetta against the duty-free shop employee.