Oregon ANG F-15 Eagles of the 142nd FW.
Posted on 01/06/2010 3:02:49 PM PST by Beaten Valve
PORTLAND, Ore. -- Concerns over an unruly passenger forced a plane to turn around and head back to Portland Wednesday.
The Maui-bound Hawaiian Airlines plane was turned around during the flight and landed safely at PDX.
Officials with the Portland Air National Guard Base said two fighter jets were scrambled at 1 p.m. to escort the plane.
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Hawaiian Airlines said the situation was not security related Flight 39 left for Maui from PDX at 10:10 a.m. and was an hour-and-a-half into its direct flight when the crew turned the plane around and brought the plane citing issues with a passenger.
The passengers deplaned and reboarded and the flight was scheduled to take off back to Maui.
By chance did the Unruly Passenger have a Muslim Name, a Prayer Carpetand spend an Hour in the Lavatory before the Crew decided they would risk charges of “PROFILING” by the TOTUS and certain Prison Terms for looking out for the welfare of the rest of the passengers, crew, and hardware?
1)Two fighter jets were scrambled to escort the plane.
2) Hawaiian Airlines said the situation was not security related
What the...?
1)Two fighter jets were scrambled to escort the plane.
2) Hawaiian Airlines said the situation was not security related
What the...?
Story updated here: http://www.kptv.com/news/22160641/detail.html
The passenger was released after questioning and will not face charges.
Exactly.
Just wait a week and the we’ll get the Truth from the FBI/TSA/CIA/DHS, after all, they’re on our side!
Lol.
Update down thread. Have you heard anymore there in Ore...
Here’s the latest from midnight last night. Still no word on nationality or religion. I think someone just forgot to take their meds...
PORTLAND, Ore. — A passenger’s threatening behavior forced a plane to turn around and head back to Portland Wednesday.
The Maui-bound Hawaiian Airlines plane was turned around during the flight and landed safely at PDX.
Transportation Security Administration officials said in a statement that “the captain made a decision to return the plane to Portland due to a suspicious passenger who made threatening remarks and refused to store his carry-on bag.”
The FBI said the passenger was a 56-year-old Salem man. He was not charged and the case was turned over to the U.S. Attorney’s office.
Officials with the Portland Air National Guard Base’s 142nd Fighter wing said two F-15 jets were scrambled at 1 p.m. to escort the plane down.
Who would have thunk it was 'business' and not another training flight
Sometime when there I see 3 or 4 takeoff about about 30 seconds a part.
I agree, the person should be billed for the cost of scrambling them, including if another passenger suffered any loss of money for the later flight.
Maybe these thoughtless dolts will get the message in the havoc they cause.
What in the he** would two fighter jets do if the “unruly” passenger decided to blow up the airliner? Watch it go down in flames? What a colossal waste of money and resources.
If there were sky marshals aboard the hijacked planes. El Al, the Israeli national airline, is the most secure airline in the world, and all its flights have sky marshals.
Oregon ANG F-15 Eagles of the 142nd FW.
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