BA Flight #0222 from Dulles to Heathrow Cancelled

MSNBC News

[Peach]

Now that could very well be.

[TomGuy]

But that would take too much work for the presstitutes.

What? Hey, they can only report what the wires have released. What do you expect??? Investigative journalism??? It might rain and they might get wet! [lol]

[nwctwx]

That's certainly possible, I just repeated what I heard. :) Hopefully someone can get to the bottom of it.

[not_apathetic_anymore]

I'm thinking this is the same airplane as cancelled from UK to US, so now there is no airplane here to make the return flight, so obviously cancelled - not for security, but for lack of an aircraft.

Your explanation is certainly the most benign explanation. I'd hope if that was the case they'd simply state that as the reason rather than let all of us speculate on more sinister explanations.

[LikeLight]

223 (from UK to US) was detained at Dulles last night. 223 (from UK to US) was cancelled today for security reasons. 222 was probably the US to UK return of that same aircraft, which is still in UK due to cancellation, so no plane here. Thus, no flight.

[Dog]

It was scheduled to leave a 9:40 pm tonight from Dulles.

[Peach]

In the book The New Jackals about Ramzi Yousef and Osama Bin Laden, the FBI said that Youself, now in US custody for his role in the first WTC bombing, was the most sophisticated bomber they had ever come up against in their investigations of over 72,000 bombs.

He could take down a plane using chemicals in a contact lens case and a wristwatch.

He also trained Terry Nichols in the Phillipines in the weeks prior to the Oklahoma City bombing. Nearly all the FBI agents believed that, but didn't persue it because Clinton was too busy blaming Rush Limbaugh and white extremists.

[HarryCaul]

A flight 222 at 2:49 am could simply be a much delayed flight from last night, esp. if 9:40 pm is the normal time for such a flight.

So 2 in the same day would be one delayed and one normal.

[Wissa]

Why would MSNBC be reporting it?

[nwctwx]

Interesting, I have read similar things about Yousef in Losing Bin Laden by Miniter. It's definately some creepy stuff.

[HarryCaul]

You'd think there would be spare aircraft for such contingencies (what if there's a mechanical problem? Flight canceled until a replacement plane can fly over from the UK?)

[Peach]

Oh they are wet alright. Right behind the ears.

[nwctwx]

I was wondering the same thing...

But, they have not gone back to it and I am not finding anything else on it.

[leadpenny]

At least the French can't say we're pickin' on 'em.

[clintonh8r]

Now FNC says flight was from London to Dulles. Sheesh.

[clintonh8r]

Now FNC says flight was from London to Dulles. Sheesh.

[arasina]

Here we go again. Was there any final info on last night's flight?

[Sacajaweau]

Because Michael Jackson has been quiet today....nursing a sore arm, I suspect and trying to erase the image of doo-doo from his mind. He's a walking Rorshak (sp?)test.

[Peach]

It was the best book yet into the terrorist mindset. Also the most meticulously researched.

If Yousef could take down a plane with such benign items, we're really up against it in terms of flying safely.

[nwctwx]

Sounds interesting, I will have to look it up.

From what I have read it would seem we have only seen a little of what these guys have planned.