Posted on 08/25/2006 10:47:13 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
2 jets diverted for security concerns
4 minutes ago
A U.S. Airways jet flying to North Carolina was diverted to Oklahoma City after an air marshal subdued a passenger involved in an incident with a flight attendant, an airline spokesman said.
Law enforcement officers were questioning the passenger after the jet landed at Will Rogers World Airport, said Morgan Durrant, a U.S. Airways spokesman. He did not disclose the nature of the problem between the passenger and the flight attendant.
The Airbus A321, which left Phoenix at 6:15 a.m., was to resume its flight to Charlotte, Durrant said. There were 141 people including crew members on board.
Also Friday, an American Airlines flight from Manchester, England, to Chicago was diverted to Bangor, Maine, for security reasons, authorities said.
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Seems like there are more air marshals on board these days. Nice to know.
It seems like they are really expecting something.
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yup, could be a Linda Blair look-alike too, Film at 11.
Seems like more are being drawn out too. I hope they rotate flights, appearance and seats.
Well, Sept 11 anniversary is coming up soon.
You cause a ruckus on an airplane, it should be 10 years minimum in prison.
I followed a link from your source page and found this:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060825/ap_on_re_us/terror_paintball
If anyone wants to start a new thread with this, go ahead. I don't have time right now.
He must've asked the sky waitress for a Coke.
Already posted
A gozillion bucks says this turns out to be bogus.....
Yes. I think the same sentence should apply to anyone who uses the phrase "that's the bomb."
lol....I'm with you
Flight to Chicago lands in Maine
BANGOR, Maine Another trans-Atlantic flight has been diverted.
Officials say the flight from Manchester, England to Chicago has landed instead in Bangor, Maine.
A spokeswoman for the Federal Aviation Administration says the American Airlines flight was diverted for security reasons. She provided no additional information.
Police confirm there's been an incident at the airport, but they're also not elaborating.
Federal agents are on their way.
A reporter for the Bangor Daily News says the plane is on the tarmac with its engines off, and that the local bomb squad has been called.
http://www.fox12news.com/Global/story.asp?S=5326683
Depends on what she looks like.
Maybe the terrorists are surveilling planes, trying to figure out how many marshalls there are, and determine how best to neutralize them when there is a real attack. They can have a diversion that forces the marshall to reveal themselves, and then the real attack can proceed, with the Marshall, whose cover is blown, being the first passenger to get attacked. The terrorists would want to know if there are backup marshalls, and if so, how many.
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