Thanks to Ballinger's quick call, the flight crew told passengers it had a mechanical problem and immediately returned to the gate.
Later, Ballinger was told six men initially wouldn't get off the plane. Later, when they did, they disappeared into the crowd, never to return. Later, authorities checked their luggage and found copies of the Qu'ran and al-Qaida instruction sheets.
"I felt good about that one," Ballinger said.
And well he should. Obviously there was more. Will we ever know how many?
Yeah. On the Friday news dump the week we establish diplomatic relations with space aliens.