American Air Jet Diverted in 'Security Incident'

Reuters ^ | 9.11.02

[Enemy Of The State]

American Air Jet Diverted in 'Security Incident'

 

HOUSTON (Reuters) - An American Airlines jet bound for Dallas returned to Houston Intercontinental Airport shortly after takeoff on Wednesday because of what an airlines spokesman called "a security incident" on board.

An FBI spokesman told a Houston television station there may have been an attempted hijacking on board.

"It appears to be an attempted hijacking, but I do not have that confirmed," FBI agent Robert Doguim told KHOU-TV in Houston.

News reports said passengers reported seeing two men in the cabin with what appeared to be a weapon, possibly a folding knife. The reports said the men were taken into custody.

American spokesman Gus Whitcomb told Reuters that two U.S. air marshals were on the flight, as were four crew members and 50 passengers.

[cmsgop]

You know it seems to me that the Media does not want to report this kind of stuff today....

Is it just me ?

[rintense]

FOX also reported. Saying that one passenger in custody and that there were at least two air marshalls on the plane.

[jammer]

Hmmm. Thank God for air marshals. I suppose we could have averted it by strip searching some of the geriatric grandmothers, though.

[Libertina]

ARM PILOTS NOW!

[Nuke'm Glowing]

It's not just you. I just hope that they report that it was an Arab hijacker and they had to return to clean his brain bits up off the carpet in the plane because the air marshals wasted the p.o.s.

[ladtx]

FOX also reported. Saying that one passenger in custody and that there were at least two air marshalls on the plane.

And the passenger was taken off with the knife where the sun doesn't shine.

[LikeLight]

Yes, I agree . . . As I commented on another thread, they don't seem to want any actual news to interfere with their prescheduled "news" . . .

[Nuke'm Glowing]

CUSTODY?!?!?!?!?

Wimps. I wanted some dead Arabs today.

[Democrap]

Good Job! Nice to see Americans keeping on their toes.

democrap

[Poohbah]

And the passenger was taken off with the knife where the sun doesn't shine.

Ouch! That's a VERY painful hemorrhoid treatment...

[swarthyguy]

After a brief session this morning listening to some of the names being read aloud on CSPAN and then a flip thru the channels, haven't turned it on.

[witnesstothefall]

I sure hope the passengers got a few licks in before the Marshalls got to him.

[Oldeconomybuyer]

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American Air Jet Diverted in 'Security Incident'

Airline escorted by F16 to IAH airport Houston TX

[EuroFrog]

I havent seen anything about the goings on on my 3 news channels (ABC, CBS, NBC)(AFN TV), sure wish they would put Fox on....

[Arkinsaw]

There have been air marshalls on other flights with disturbances lately. Looks like somebody is doing a fair job of recruiting air marshalls and getting them onto flights.

[Mixer]

ARM PILOTS NOW!

I am for arming pilots, but I would rather they fly the planes an let the air marshalls carry the guns : )

[Fred Mertz]

ping

[rintense]

OUCH!

[ladysusan]

Nothing on the local news channels in Big D, nothing on TXCN