Posted on 08/02/2004 11:38:13 PM PDT by Lonely Bull
A Virgin Atlantic Airways flight bound for London from San Francisco International Airport was canceled Monday night after suspicious behavior by several passengers was reported to authorities.
Virgin's Flight 20, scheduled to leave at 4:30 p.m., was barred from departing "based on suspicious activity by some passengers,'' said Nico Melendez, a spokesman for the federal Transportation Security Administration. The FBI later took charge of the case, according to a San Francisco police spokesman.
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How long before the TSA and air marshals issue a statement saying the passengers were just being alarmists?
[Like they accused Mrs. Jacobsen who wrote the articles about the 13-14 Syrian 'musicians' on her flight.]
And the Dems believe there should be CONCRETE evidence before doing anything. I wonder if any of them ever locked their doors while sitting at a light, when some disheveled character was walking toward the car? They didn't have CONCRETE evidence he'd do anything, but they acted anyway, didn't they? Transparent morons.
I wish Republicans wouldn't be so partisan. Besides, we should just all take a deep breath. Isn't the stock market doing better these days?
Similarly, in the case of a plane in flight, the concrete evidence those shifty passengers might try something is when they blow a hole in the plane and it's falling out of the sky.
Air marshalls will not save you at that point; everyone's dead. But hey- the lefties on the plane got their concrete evidence.
Good backup to the post.
This was a good catch.
Of course the authorities will say "tag you're it" and let them go so they can try again.........../s
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