Posted on 04/26/2005 10:28:21 AM PDT by KJC1
Breaking on Fox: United flight from NY to SF makes emergency landing in Chicago. Passenger told flight attendants his seatmate had some "suspicious" items: vials of liquid, wires, and a portable DVD player.
Umm..that describes half the people who fly First Class...
Please keep this thread updated. My sister is flying from NY to SF today, and I do not know which airline or flight. Chances are she is not on this plane, but I am worrying about her. No way to get in touch, either.
I'm not sure what is suspicious? What if it was a DVD player with headphones (wires) and a couple of drinks. We shall soon find out. I remember I flew soon after 9/11 and there was a Middle Eastern fellow on the flight. Everybody was staring him down and just waiting for him to get out of his seat. Needless to say he didn't.
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I'm not 100% sure, but I think they said the passengers have been safely offloaded. Don't quote me on that, because I got distracted, but I'm pretty sure I heard that.
I travel with a portable DVD player, wires, and vials of liquid.
The wires are to plug in the portable DVD player (once I get to my destination) and the vials of liquid are... mouthwash and shampoo.
The horror, the horror!
If people are considered terrorists for watching a movie and then gargling in the latrine, then you know a liberal is at work.
PS: - I really hope there is more valid reason for suspecting this traveller than just what has been reported.
Probably a guy with a flask and a porn DVD. It is someone who didn't want to pay airline price for booze and wanted his own personal movie show.
CHICAGO A report of suspicious material on board has caused a United Airlines flight to make an emergency landing in Chicago.
The plane was on a flight from New York to San Francisco this morning when a passenger told a flight attendant he saw another passenger with something suspicious.
The airline says the flight attendant and flight crew examined the material, and recommended that the plane land immediately.
Police aren't saying what the material was, or if anyone was taken into custody.
The 66 passengers and eight crew members on board were evacuated after the plane landed, and there were no injuries.
The Chicago Police Bomb and Arson squad is investigating. http://www.wric.com/Global/story.asp?S=3262443
"the flight attendant and flight crew examined the material, and recommended that the plane land immediately"
Yikes!
Don't forget about whining for more homeland security dollars.
Yes, Daley's always got a few more cronies who are in desperate need of government contracts.
The horror, the horror!
< and the vials of liquid are... mouthwash and shampoo. >
I travelt with shampoo and mouthwash too, but they are always in bottles...small bottles. Never have I refered to them as "vials".
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A vial IS a small bottle.
It's all in how the news media writes the story.
If they write 'small bottle', the story sounds rediculous.
If they write 'vial', it sounds a bit more sinister.
But it's the same thing.
Suspicious Material Forces Emergency Landing
Material Turned Out To Be Wires, MP3 PlayerPOSTED: 12:38 pm CDT April 26, 2005
UPDATED: 1:13 pm CDT April 26, 2005CHICAGO -- A report of suspicious material on board caused a United Airlines flight to make an emergency landing in Chicago.
The plane was on a flight from New York to San Francisco Tuesday morning when a passenger told a flight attendant he saw another passenger with something suspicious. The airline said the flight attendant and flight crew examined the material, and recommended that the plane land immediately.
Transportation Security Administration spokeswoman Ann Davis said that material turned out to be wires, an MP3 player and homeopathic medicines.
There were 66 passengers and eight crew members aboard United Flight 27. They were all evacuated after the aircraft landed. No one was injured.
Of course, it's the same thing. I didn't say it wasn't.
What I said was that we don't in general everyday conversation call small bottles of mouthwash and shampoo, "vials". We say, "small bottles".
That's why when the passenger and the flight attendant called them "vials" (the media only reported what the passenger and flight attendant called them)it sounded sinister. We generally hear "vials" used when speakng of chemicals or medicines.
It turns out they were "vials" of homeopathic medicines and scents.
Damn homeophobes strike again. "Maybe they should have their own flights!" /jest
There was an elderly ME couple on one of my early post 9/11 flights. He could tell that they made us nervous and went out of his way to talk with people. Smiling, making jokes, thought we would be voting him Miss Congeniality on landing. He did make me feel more comfortable.
Thanks....bump.
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