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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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To: Dark Skies
This on Fox Telly right now...said note was found on board.

I hope while the plane is searched they have the passengers fill out written questionaires/statements. Then do some handwriting analysis.

21 posted on 08/28/2006 11:21:56 AM PDT by Diddle E. Squat
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To: basil
Anybody have any ideas where the "Tricities" is?

In the Tri-State area, near the beltway, down by the five point intersection, right where the old Esso station used to be...

22 posted on 08/28/2006 11:21:58 AM PDT by LikeLight (The photo looks like it has been REUTERED)
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To: basil

Bristol, Johnson City, and Kingsport Tennessee. They are in the extreme NE corner of TN just under Virginia and East of North Carolina.


23 posted on 08/28/2006 11:22:07 AM PDT by NCC-1701 (RADICAL ISLAM IS A CULT. IT MUST BE ELIMINATED FROM THE FACE OF THE EARTH.)
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To: basil

Far upper Eastern Tennessee, between Bristol, JOhnson City, and Kingsport, near the North Carolina border and SW Virginia and Kentucky. The airport is just seven miles from my home, as the crow flies ... light show watching planes coming and going in the evenings but far enough away to not be a nuisance. We're in the area where the two 'Israelis' were apprehended a few months back, near the nuclear fuels reprocessing plant.


24 posted on 08/28/2006 11:22:26 AM PDT by MHGinTN (If you can read this, you've had life support from someone. Promote life support for others.)
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To: sageb1

As a high school teacher I can tell you bomb threats are a regular part of school days when there's a tough test. It used to be a problem. You know what has largely stopped it? Caller ID.


25 posted on 08/28/2006 11:22:42 AM PDT by kjo
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To: brownsfan; sasha123

You never know though. Sasha sent this to me this morning. See post 87.http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1690033/posts


26 posted on 08/28/2006 11:23:27 AM PDT by CindyDawg
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To: basil

Upper East Tennessee - Bristol/Kingsport/Johnson City. The airport is actually located in Blountville which is situated in the middle of the triangle circumscribed by a line connecting the three cites.

Guess where I grew up?


27 posted on 08/28/2006 11:24:13 AM PDT by Jim Hill
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To: MHGinTN

Israelis?


28 posted on 08/28/2006 11:24:57 AM PDT by JustaCowgirl (The new axis of evil: The UN, the terrorists, and the American Democratic party.)
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To: JustaCowgirl

The story placed n the media was that the two were carrying Israeli passports. They tried to outrun the law and prevent capture after being spotted weaving on the back road in the mountains and throwing somehting from the car. Once the initial story was placed in the media, nothing else was ever reported about them. A friend with the Sheriff's dept. told me that they were not Israelis but they were ME types and got a free trip to a resort in Cuba. I can't confirm that however.


29 posted on 08/28/2006 11:29:29 AM PDT by MHGinTN (If you can read this, you've had life support from someone. Promote life support for others.)
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To: HAL9000
live Air Traffic Control Tower Philly
30 posted on 08/28/2006 11:29:56 AM PDT by Fighting Irish (Béagán agus a rá go maith)
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To: kjo

Probably not legal now but a hospital that I used to work at had a policy on bomb threats that no staff were to leave and that we all had to go around our work areas and check if anything was out of place. We never had any threats.


31 posted on 08/28/2006 11:31:09 AM PDT by CindyDawg
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To: HAL9000

That's my hood. See if I can get anything.


32 posted on 08/28/2006 11:31:16 AM PDT by don-o (Proudly posting without reading the thread since 1998. (stolen from one cool dude))
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To: Jim Hill

I'm in Johnson City, are you still in the area??


33 posted on 08/28/2006 11:31:58 AM PDT by 007girl
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To: MHGinTN

Hmmmm, interesting. I'll bet they were Palestinian Israeli Arabs. Wandering around in those mountain back roads, they would stick out like a sore thumb!

If they were up to no good, I hope they did get that free ticket to Gitmo.


34 posted on 08/28/2006 11:33:48 AM PDT by JustaCowgirl (The new axis of evil: The UN, the terrorists, and the American Democratic party.)
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To: 007girl

Yup. Unaka Ave.


35 posted on 08/28/2006 11:34:11 AM PDT by don-o (Proudly posting without reading the thread since 1998. (stolen from one cool dude))
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To: MHGinTN

I wondered what happened to them! During that time, there were a few other cases of "israeli's" in Uhauls who were stopped and detained in other areas. I really hope they are enjoying their trip at the resort : ) not!


36 posted on 08/28/2006 11:35:49 AM PDT by KylaStarr (Stay ready)
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To: don-o

Representing E. 8TH!! heehee


37 posted on 08/28/2006 11:35:52 AM PDT by 007girl
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To: don-o
Trying to get wcyb tv scanner to work. Prolly won't help much.

What I think is that we are getting a bunch of dry runs going on to expose our response tactics.

38 posted on 08/28/2006 11:36:19 AM PDT by don-o (Proudly posting without reading the thread since 1998. (stolen from one cool dude))
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To: dawn53


Right. Did you call his wife?


39 posted on 08/28/2006 11:37:05 AM PDT by onyx (1 Billion Muslims -- "if" 10% are fundamentalists, that's still 100 Million who want to kill us.)
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To: HAL9000

I wonder if comeone was on a cell phone to the boss and told he was needed in Tennessee instead...


40 posted on 08/28/2006 11:40:03 AM PDT by theDentist (Qwerty ergo typo : I type, therefore I misspelll.)
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