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Flight diverted to Tenn. airport following bomb threat (US Airways - Philadelphia to Houston)
tricities.com ^ | August 28, 2006

Posted on 08/28/2006 11:07:23 AM PDT by HAL9000

BREAKING NEWS: Flight diverted to Tri-Cities airport following bomb threat

U.S. Airways flight from Philadelphia to Houston has been diverted to the Tri-Cities Regional Airport after authorities said a bomb threat involving the flight was made.

About 50 to 60 people aboard the flight currently are being evacuated, according to airport officials. Flight #3441 was being operated by Republic Airways.



TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Pennsylvania; US: Tennessee; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: airlinesecurity; aviation; bombthreat; bristol; houston; philadelphia; tennessee; usairways
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1 posted on 08/28/2006 11:07:26 AM PDT by HAL9000
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To: HAL9000

That's nice. My wife's flight just took off within the past few minutes. Fortunately on a different airline.


2 posted on 08/28/2006 11:08:14 AM PDT by Coop (No, there are no @!%$&#*! polls on Irey vs. Murtha!)
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To: Coop

Better get a shower, we'll keep you updated.


3 posted on 08/28/2006 11:09:47 AM PDT by HAL9000 (Happy 10th Anniversary FreeRepublic.com - Est. Sept. 23, 1996 - Thanks Jim!)
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To: HAL9000

I wonder if we are going to begin seeing more bomb threats at schools and malls as well. Anything to disrupt.


4 posted on 08/28/2006 11:11:18 AM PDT by sageb1 (This is the Final Crusade. There are only 2 sides. Pick one.)
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To: HAL9000

Has anyone started a pool on how many times this is gonna happen a day. Vegas should make a game out of it. Jeez.


5 posted on 08/28/2006 11:11:23 AM PDT by Marius3188 (Happy Resurrection Weekend)
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To: HAL9000

From the Pink Panther after eating bad Sushi: "I am going to explode!" (in a heavy French accent)


6 posted on 08/28/2006 11:12:07 AM PDT by 2banana (My common ground with terrorists - They want to die for Islam, and we want to kill them.)
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To: sageb1

I've always wondered about malls

especially here in New Jersey, where on saturday they are crowded wall to wall (4 stories) could be taken down by a few bombs in the right places...scary thought.


7 posted on 08/28/2006 11:12:33 AM PDT by HHKrepublican_2
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To: HAL9000

My nephew's a pilot for Republic...I'll have to try to call his wife.


8 posted on 08/28/2006 11:12:51 AM PDT by dawn53
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To: HAL9000
to board a flight you must eat a ham sandwich
9 posted on 08/28/2006 11:14:24 AM PDT by camas
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Geez......I don't like this, I have a friend who is a pilot for US Airway and another that flies for Jet Blue, and this does not sit well with me.............
10 posted on 08/28/2006 11:15:17 AM PDT by marmar (Although, I may look different then you....my blood still runs....RED, WHITE, @ BLUE.)
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To: dawn53

This on Fox Telly right now...said note was found on board.


11 posted on 08/28/2006 11:15:50 AM PDT by Dark Skies
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To: HHKrepublican_2
I've always wondered about malls

What's a mall?

12 posted on 08/28/2006 11:17:20 AM PDT by LikeLight (The photo looks like it has been REUTERED)
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To: HAL9000

Anybody have any ideas where the "Tricities" is? I know of several regions that go by that name.


13 posted on 08/28/2006 11:17:45 AM PDT by basil (Exercise your Second Amendment Rights--buy another gun today!)
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To: Dark Skies

Obviously a terrorist doesn't leave a note, but they need to find out who pulls these pranks and prosecute them.

It reminds me of high school days when students would call in bomb threats and they'd have to evac the whole school.

Waste of time and money.


14 posted on 08/28/2006 11:17:58 AM PDT by dawn53
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To: basil

North Carolina..Raleigh Durham area, I think.


15 posted on 08/28/2006 11:18:33 AM PDT by dawn53
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To: HAL9000
I know. There are 4,500 planes in the air over the USA at any given moment, and folks get nervous when there is an issue. Flying is safer than being struck by:


16 posted on 08/28/2006 11:18:36 AM PDT by Cobra64 (All we get are lame ideas from Republicans and lame criticism from dems about those lame ideas.)
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To: basil

I'm not positive but I thought I heard them mention Bristol, Tennessee as being where this airport was located.


17 posted on 08/28/2006 11:19:21 AM PDT by KylaStarr (Stay ready)
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To: sageb1

"Anything to disrupt."

We're on the same page. It seems to me that the goal of terrorism is to induce fear, (terror). I know that's kind of a duh, but look at what's happening. Routines are being altered, fear is widespread as relates to flying. I know the terrorists prefer to kill, but inducing fear means a secondary goal is being achieved.

Close the borders. Profile. Put islam on notice that it's very existence in the US is in jeparody if the best they can do is: complain about backlash when one of their own kills again, demand sharia law over our laws of the land, and continue with the notion that islam can and will be the only religion in the land.


18 posted on 08/28/2006 11:19:52 AM PDT by brownsfan (It's not a war on terror... it's a war with islam.)
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To: basil

Upper East Tennessee - Kingsport, Bristol and Johnson City.


19 posted on 08/28/2006 11:21:01 AM PDT by JustaCowgirl (The new axis of evil: The UN, the terrorists, and the American Democratic party.)
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To: Marius3188

This is indeed going to happen more and more.

Two reasons:

1. People are a little bit jumpy after the UK plot was uncovered (and rightly so).

and

2. The Jihadis are intentionally trying to mess with us. Some of them have learned how to press the envelope without directly breaking the law. Sure, a flight turns around, and maybe even they're arrested. But, no charges are filed as they didn't 'technically' break any laws. As another poster referred to the game that's being played by some of these Islamofascists, it's their equivalent of 'passive resistance.'


20 posted on 08/28/2006 11:21:22 AM PDT by Skywarner (The U.S. Armed Forces... Producers of FREEDOM for over 200 years!!)
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