[Blood of Tyrants]

My guess is that a hydraulic line got a pinhole in it and the hydraulic fluid (called Skydraul) came out in a mist. The stuff will burn your skin and choke you and even peel paint. The reason they use it is because it isn't as flammable as standard hydraulic fluid.

[weepnomore]

Could someone link to the thread "Terror in The Skies,Again ?". It was posted by big gray tabby on 7/15/2004 @ 1:12:48 PM. It is a frightening account of a flight from Detroit to LA. 14 Muslims were extremely suspicious passengers. Possibly a trial run on how to assemble terrorist equipment while plane is in flight.

[kcar]

As one who is a frequent flyer with Southwest, let me be the 50th to say that this was NOT food related, unless you mean by that that they were starved to illness. The honey-peanuts are quite harmless, because no-one without the aid of a knife can open the bags, and that's been checked.

It could have been a combo of starved, weary, overcrowded passengers, broken to tears by the sounds and smell of the baby one seat forward, suddenly and rudely awoken from a much deserved sexual reverie by a frustrated comedian-singer turned SW steward or stewardess belting out their inaugaural debut, (which sounds Exactly like the one you heard on the way to Houston Hobby).

[mtbopfuyn]

So, did they ever say what the problem was?