Posted on 01/06/2010 5:57:40 PM PST by pissant
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Federal authorities say a disruptive passenger has been released without charges after military jets escorted a jetliner back to Portland. The FBI says there is no known link to terrorists.
Military officials say the jets were sent up Wednesday as a precaution.
The action comes amid heightened concern about airline security and the charge that a Nigerian man tried to blow up a jetliner bound for Detroit on Christmas Day.
The FBI says it questioned a 56-year-old man from Salem, Ore., and turned the matter over to federal prosecutors.
A spokeswoman for the Transportation Security Administration says the passenger made threatening remarks and refused to stow his carry-on luggage. The flight was bound for Hawaii.
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Oh yeah, that makes sense (NOT)
Is he a congressman or something?
Why didn’t they name the dirtball?
“...has been released without charges...”
Charge the SOB for the cost of bringing in the two military aircraft! Good Lord. Has the world gone insane??
They threw The Balloon Boys folks in JAIL (as they should have!) and this guy walks off into the sunset? Grrrrrr!
Probably Al Skanken.
Beck was behind him in line going through the security screening at an airport and, when Skanken was told he would have to miss his flight because of his position in the line, Skanken said...
“You know who I am, right? Don’t you have some mechanism for people like...me?”
Can you imagine ANYONE ELSE being released after causing this much fuss?
It’s a good question. I’m glad someone finally posted a thread about this, thank you!
According to other news sources, besides refusing to store his duffel bag, the man passed a note to a flight attendant to give to the Captain. The Captain said the note contained disturbing threats. The name of the man hasn’t been released (making me wonder about ROP connections). For the life of me, I can’t figure out HOW a person could board an airline, do these things, prompting NORAD to send two F-15 fighter jets to escort the plane back to Portland airport, and that man is walking around free as I type this. Something about this sure doesn’t make sense.
He was probably an Interpol officer. Thanks to Obama they’re now above the law.
Right about then I'd have found the largest TSA person with the biggest hands and size XXL rubber gloves for Mr. Franken.
So, he’s on his way to Yemen?
Or Dearbornistan
And yet the secret service is investigating who hung an effigy of Barry Soetero- God help the perp who hung up a dummy of the dummy
Yet people who threaten airliners that have to return under military jet escort- go FREE???
I still think we need some minimal security flights. No screening, no scanning, and no profiling. Flight crews will be heavily armed and personal weapons are allowed as carry on luggage.
I suspect that would actually be quite popular.
Y’all know he’s a Muzzie. Why else would they send up two fighter jets as escorts? Why else would they keep his identity secret?
isn’t there a law about making threats on a plane? Two fighter jets..and the dude walks..yep..a muzzie.
Move along there! Nothing to see here!
Let’s see...
Disruption
Refusal to follow flight crew request
Threatening note to Captain
Fighter jet escorts
Return to Portland
then
Walks Free!
Must have been a crack courier for nobama and his minions.
I thought it was a federal felony. Gotta be a ROPer.
Perhaps the fellow should get billed for the jet fuel, salaries and lost time for everybody involved.
Maybe he was a tester for TSA?
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