http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=2347585
...A U.S. government official, speaking on condition of anonymity because of the sensitive nature of the subject, said crew members and air marshals observed the passengers trying to use cell phones and passing them among themselves while the airliner was taking off.
"It was behavior that average passengers wouldn't do," the official said....
Hmf. On the other hand, it could be that one of them had a kinky video on his cell.
There's a lot of that going around, among Muslims, apparently.
I wonder if they simply claim difficulty with the language, (while they threaten to sue for discrimination, of course).
For people who claim to be so unjustly persecuted, they certainly know how to push the negative attention buttons. Maybe the plan -- if there is a plan, and not simply ignorant arrogance -- is to wear down westerners with false alarms, with the result that people will be more afraid of complaining or reacting that they are of death by flaming aircraft.