12 arrested on U.S. plane to be released

AP ^ | August 24, 2006 | Toby Sterling

[Quilla]

Holy shi'ite Batman.

[Hegemony Cricket]

Test, test, test, check, check.......is this thing on?

[xcamel]

they're going to regret that decision.

[gridlock]

Lots of folks travel in groups of 12 young men from Tamil Nadu to Tobago for vacation. I don't know why people are so suspicious...

[Quilla]

I may be totally off base, but I understood than electronic devices were banned along with liquids after the bomb plot was made public.

[river rat]

"...and refused to follow the crew's instructions, prosecutors said."

If true, and legal instructions -- why weren't the bastards jailed for that offense?

These 12 assholes should spend the rest of their life on a "no fly" list...

Semper Fi

[gridlock]

(Press to Test, Release to Detonate)

< SNORT! >

[MineralMan]

"I may be totally off base, but I understood than electronic devices were banned along with liquids after the bomb plot was made public.

"

I don't think so. I can just imagine trying to ban cell phones on airline flights. It ain't happening.

[cinives]

Only in flights to/from Britain

[Quilla]

"A thorough investigation of the cell phones in the plane found that the phones were not manipulated and no explosives were found on board the plane," said a statement from the prosecutor's office in Haarlem, which has jurisdiction over the airport.

Can you say "test run"?

[kromike]

Why did the plane return to Amsterdam? Wouldn't it have been easier for all of us to just to open the door in mid-flight and give these 12 weirdos the Shove?

[Thrusher]

It turns out they were just musicians.

[Quilla]

Yea, Syrian musicians on their way to a gig in Vegas. That's the ticket.

[Peach]

and refused to follow the crew's instructions, prosecutors said.

Yet we had at least one freeper defending these 12 passengers, as though it was a GOOD thing the crew's instructions were being ignored. Some days, I just don't get people :-)

[Quilla]

Shirley you jest. ;-)

[gridlock]

Yet we had at least one freeper defending these 12 passengers...

I hope you aren't talking about me! Must I put a < /sarc> tag on everything?

[Teflonic]

It sounds like they were just a group of IT support guys with lots of gadgets going home after training.

[Hegemony Cricket]

If they didn't, they should have. Even without liquids, however, it's obviously still possible to do dry runs.

[Peach]

I wish. LOL

Sadly, we seem to have more than a few unsuspicious freepers. I myself am HIGHLY suspicious. Hah.

[Peach]

LOL.