Royal Air Flight Diverted!

Foxnews ^

[ConservativeMan55]

According to Foxnews a Royal Air Flight from Morroco to Maine was diverted after a man called his family and said he was going to blow up the plane.

[COEXERJ145]

Darwin Award Candidate.

[BlessedBeGod]

Swell.

[ConservativeMan55]

Its very possible he's nuts.

[ConservativeMan55]

Bump and Prayers for the people on board.

[TommyDale]

Morocco to Maine? What the heck kind of route is that?

[ConservativeMan55]

I'm not sure. I thought it was a weird route as well.

[ConservativeMan55]

A passenger, 26-year-old Zubair Iyas (phonetic spelling) on plane called wife from JFK airport just before takeoff to say he was being held against his will (?), had a bomb to blow up plane. The man is from Chicago and has been missing since Saturday.

Could just be a nutcase, but I'll be watching to see what happens once this plane lands in Maine.

[BlessedBeGod]

Dittos.

[ConservativeMan55]

Plane is Royal Air Marac Flight 201.

Due to land in Bangor, ME very soon after being diverted back to US 2 hours into flight.
Pilots have reported that the cabin is secure.

[Brad’s Gramma]

This explains it all

[ConservativeMan55]

Sources told ABC7 News Ghias was last seen by himself-- withdrawing money from a bank and near his SUV-- which leads police to believe foul play may not be a factor. Nonetheless, his family is concerned.

Earlier Wednesday there were high hopes that credit card charges might lead to the missing man but now, the private investigator working the case said those charges were made before the man disappeared and posted late.

"When I saw the car I was crying to the point that it was unending. I kept telling myself I have to be mindful, I'm expecting," said Jehan Ara Ameen, Ghias' wife.

In three months, Jehan Ara Ameen and her husband, Zubair Ghias, are expecting their first child. But now the young woman is wondering-- and worrying-- about what happened to her husband.

On Saturday, surveillance tape from the couple's Lincoln Park apartment building shows Ghias leaving his home at 11:06 a.m. He told his wife he was going to the office but he never made it there. Forty-five minutes later, Ghias apparently withdrew $5,000 from a Harris Bank branch on the city's South Side.

On Saturday afternoon, Englewood residents reported seeing the Range Rover in their neighborhood. Police found the SUV early Wednesday morning. Witnesses said it showed no signs of being vandalized. There were also no signs of the missing man.

"There are some mysteries here and one of the mysteries is- why would he go to the South Side to cash a check at Harris when there is a Harris bank right down the street from his house? That makes you believe somebody was with him, someone may have forced him to go to the bank," said Ernie Rizzo, private investigator.

Missing persons posters are up at several locations. Ghias' family says it can see no reason why the 27-year-old financially well-off investment banker would run off.

"It's hard to imagine, to think, what's really going on here? There has to be something else involved that we really don't know," said Mohammad Islam, Ghias' brother-in-law.

Ghias works at JP Morgan Chase in the Loop. A corporate spokesperson says he is well-liked and there were no signs of trouble at work.

Every year 7,600 adults are reported missing in the city of Chicago. Some of them, police said, just don't want to be found.

[SevenofNine]

Whoa CM yeahhh

OH wow can you say terrorism YET

[ConservativeMan55]

Looks like some sort of crazed terrorist.

[ConservativeMan55]

BTTT!!!!

[No Blue States]

I wonder If AQ planted a bomb on this poor guy.

Prayers lifted for a safe landing.

[PureSolace]

Just an idea to throw out... maybe the bomb would only be detonated in Morroco? maybe some sort of signal from the ground?! and that's why it was safe to report that the plane has turned around??? I dunno... My tin foil hat is armed right now. :)

[tubavil]

Emergency.

[No Blue States]

"Could just be a nutcase, but I'll be watching to see what happens once this plane lands in Maine."

Anyone know the ETA?

A "secure cabin" would not protect a plane against a bomb planted on this guy, even if he was at the tail end.

I hope this story proves to be something else less serious.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

You two are a real pair. =;^)

Kept me going in circles for a good two minutes anyway.