Per FNC -Norad launched 2 fighter jets- Tyndall AFB, unruly passenger Muhammad Abu Tahir (#145)

[Joan Kerrey]

Airport officials there say the man was then taken off the plane by police and detained.

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And who pays for the personnel and other associated costs of diverting? Can roaches like this guy be banned from flying?

[Jedidah]

I would imagine they practice all the time anyway. A little real-world action might be good training.

[wolfcreek]

Don’t give them any ideas.

“From now on, ALL Airplane bathrooms will be EJECTABLE”

[little jeremiah]

I want his name and country of origin or parents’ country of origin. And if he visted mosques ever in his lifetime.

When they won’t divulge names I get antsy.

[CondorFlight]

I think this is just jihad on the cheap.

They don’t need bombs, just make everyone afraid to fly.
(A lot more people are willing to act crazy on an airplane than are willing to blow themselves up.)

And these “terrorists” aren’t really punished, and may even be able to sue the airlines.

Once Americans are afraid to fly, our air industry takes a hit.

(Time to start profiling the passenger list.)

[STARWISE]

Looks like they’ve stepped up their
preventive actions, and they could now
actually have shoot-down orders.

Disruptive passengers could spell
death for the whole planeload, so
the TSA/airlines had best put up
explicit notices in airports and
refuse any intoxicated or agitated
flyers .. and I’m all for no alcohol
aboard.

Flight crews must be getting really
edgy, and who could blame ‘em? God
bless them.

[STARWISE]

I know.

The poor kids today have no idea
what an innocent, carefree childhood
really is.

Sad ..

[death2tyrants]

I'll sue you and your whole damn airline!

[SaraJohnson]

Seeing as the “SOLUTION” to every terrorist problem on an airplane is to molest normal people harder and deeper each time, what are they going to do to us in the name of a drunk passenger? Breatherlizers before boarding? No more bathrooms on planes or no more doors on the bathrooms?

We have been cursed with the most incompetent, twisted and craven elite in the Nation’s history.

[STARWISE]

We have been cursed with the most incompetent, twisted and craven elite in the Nation’s history.

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Tragically, true. Something has to give,
someone has to stand up and spill it all
to save his country from these evil thugs.

[Cobra64]

"The man was thought to be intoxicated and locked himself in the bathroom."

[Velveeta]

From someone on the flight:

“Dude was Arabic or Indian too...that was the tweak”
http://twitter.com/CELLSKI

[omega4179]

Its reassuring to know our Government would shoot us down to stop one drunk. ANY sacrifice to be safe is worth it.

[STARWISE]

Thank you !

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CELLSKI

1. RT @juanitocabrone: @cellski Hey - good on ya! Glad everyone onboard is OK. Get back to Nor Cal safe! about 1 hour ago from API

4. Now we gotta all get off the plane for rescreening

10. @WeeshNasty lol....Never about 3 hours ago from Echofon in reply to WeeshNasty

11. @djskee yeah I’m good .....it was a mainey scene...we on the runway in Colorado ..FBI on board about 3 hours ago from Echofon in reply to djskee

16. Now the FBI on board.....wit dogs about 4 hours ago from Echofon

17. @IM_HOTPINK he’ll yeah...FBI on board wit dogs about 4 hours ago from Echofon in reply to IM_HOTPINK

23. Dude was Arabic or Indian too...that was the tweak about 3 hours ago from Echofon

24. It was crazy....dude was tripping....now we on the runway in Denver http://twitpic.com/x8irx about 3 hours ago from Echofon

25. He had all the passengers spooked.me and a couple guys hopped up fast.we landed in Denver and police rushed d plane http://twitpic.com/x8ida about 3 hours ago from Echofon

26. I’m on this plane and this foo n th bathroom for 20 mins he comes out wit no shoes or socks wit a razor.police here http://twitpic.com/x8hap about 3 hours ago from Echofon

[hoosiermama]

Why would those two be confused? Haad gear?

[Carley]

We were at a huge outdoor charity event (35,000 people) a few weeks after 9/11.

There were armed sharpshooters on the roofs surrounding the venue, armed troops on the trains, and armed men mingling in the crowd.

There were little kids kicking a soccer ball around, tossing a beach ball. Just having fun.

It was the saddest realization that their lives had changed forever.

[CodeToad]

“Clearly, the new “standing orders” are to NOT allow a jetliner to be crashed over a populated area.”

That and make it appear like they are doing something. I can imagine the first time we shoot down one of our own airliners: The public outcry would call for impeachment.

[alicewonders]

Awful lot of this stuff going on lately...

Just caught the end of somebody talking on FOX News, saying that they might be "clogging the system", if DHS has to investigate every little incident. I think something big is coming, and the fact that Obama had to acknowledge "systemic" problems - tells me that they know some stuff they aren't telling us.

[Recovering Ex-hippie]

Or just to test out our responses overall.

[El Gato]

the defense going to be that anything he said to FBI is not to be admitted because of the pain meds he got for his burned franks and beans.

They don't need any information from him to convict his ash, there are plenty of witnesses, plus physical evidence, for that.

They, and we, needed information on others that he could provide. Which he apparently was until they allowed him a lawyer who told him to shut up.