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Continental Flight passenger tries to open door in flight; plane diverted [to St. Louis]
breakingnews.com ^ | May 8, 2011 | Staff

Posted on 05/08/2011 1:35:33 PM PDT by library user

Just crossed wire. No more info yet. Something is definitely up today.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2716882/posts


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KEYWORDS: continental; flight; flight546; may8th; religionofpeacealert
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To: USNBandit

DB also left out of the rear staircase, 727.


21 posted on 05/08/2011 1:56:15 PM PDT by cmsgop ( I spent most of my childhood terrified that The Rhythm was going to get me.)
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To: library user

Was the passenger trying to get out of the plane or trying to get in? The link is unclear.


22 posted on 05/08/2011 1:58:01 PM PDT by gitmo (Hatred of those who think differently is the left's unifying principle.-Ralph Peters NY Post)
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To: library user

Was the passenger trying to get out of the plane or trying to get in? The link is unclear.


23 posted on 05/08/2011 1:58:23 PM PDT by gitmo (Hatred of those who think differently is the left's unifying principle.-Ralph Peters NY Post)
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To: buccaneer81

No, they just installed a ‘Cooper Lock’. It’s basically a free pivoting piece of metal that blocks the airstair from opening when in the slipstream.


24 posted on 05/08/2011 2:01:21 PM PDT by ebshumidors ( Marksmanship and YOUR heritage http://www.appleseedinfo.org)
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To: library user

Makes sense that it was a big burly passenger. The rows with the doors are the most roomy.


25 posted on 05/08/2011 2:06:20 PM PDT by yup2394871293
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To: gitmo

Yeah, sounds a bit like a scene out of a Bond movie featuring Richard Kiel.


26 posted on 05/08/2011 2:07:38 PM PDT by yup2394871293
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To: library user
Continental Flight No. 546 made an emergency landing in St. Louis after a tall, burly passenger reportedly tried to open a door in flight, said Sara Olkon, a former Tribune reporter. Responding to screams from a flight attendant, the man was reportedly accosted by an air marshal on board.

Why did the man respond to screams from the flight attendant, and why was she screaming?

27 posted on 05/08/2011 2:08:34 PM PDT by Gondring (Paul Revere would have been flamed as a naysayer troll and told to go back to Boston.)
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To: COUNTrecount

So he spends mother’s day away from his wife and kids. Makes sense. < /s >


28 posted on 05/08/2011 2:10:37 PM PDT by a fool in paradise ("If Eric Holder had his way, O-B-L would still be alive today." Thank you President Bush for Gitmo.)
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To: library user

probably already saw the in-flight movie, Snakes, wanted to see what was playing next door.


29 posted on 05/08/2011 2:12:03 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard .. Obama: Epic Fail or Bust!!!)
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To: Gondring

That sucks when the wacko is a tall, burly guy. Who wants to fight that. It also isn’t often that the word accosted is used to describe a law enforcement officer doing his job.


30 posted on 05/08/2011 2:13:14 PM PDT by USNBandit (sarcasm engaged at all times)
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To: library user

There really should be a way to let them get out if they want to. A simple airlock would do the trick!


31 posted on 05/08/2011 2:13:48 PM PDT by SWAMPSNIPER
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To: ebshumidors

You’re right. I stand corrected.


32 posted on 05/08/2011 2:13:48 PM PDT by buccaneer81 (ECOMCON)
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To: raybbr

...was reportedly accosted by an air marshal on board.

Since when is stopping a lunatic from killing people “accosting”?

At least they didn’t call him a victim.


33 posted on 05/08/2011 2:18:41 PM PDT by CrazyIvan (What's "My Struggle" in Kenyan?)
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To: raybbr
Since when is stopping a lunatic from killing people "accosting"?

Obviously reporters are idiots and can't write to save their lives, but the lunatic wasn't going to kill anyone that way. At best, he might manage to break something on the door handle, or give himself a hernia.

34 posted on 05/08/2011 2:19:31 PM PDT by xjcsa (Ridiculing the ridiculous since the day I was born.)
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To: gitmo
Was the passenger trying to get out of the plane or trying to get in? The link is unclear.

Definitely *in*.

Cheers!

35 posted on 05/08/2011 2:19:43 PM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: a fool in paradise
"How did DB Cooper make his jump? Did they depressurize the cabin?"

He went out a rear door, not an emergency door.

36 posted on 05/08/2011 2:20:09 PM PDT by matthew fuller (Tagline expired!)
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To: library user

Hmmmmm burly passenger is the new PC for arab looking?


37 posted on 05/08/2011 2:23:14 PM PDT by Red_Devil 232 (VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
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To: COUNTrecount

White House aide Marvin Nicholson and Energy Department official David Katz. These two must be a couple of real duffers!


38 posted on 05/08/2011 2:34:23 PM PDT by Red_Devil 232 (VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
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most likely a muslim looking for the toilet,assuming it was outside...


39 posted on 05/08/2011 2:35:16 PM PDT by razbinn (I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America,and to the republic for which it ...)
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To: library user

Mohammad?


40 posted on 05/08/2011 2:41:09 PM PDT by garjog
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