Posted on 01/19/2002 9:24:26 AM PST by americalost
CNN reported this as breaking news around 10:15 a.m. PST. Supposedly a bomb threat -- the flight is landed in Iceland at this time.
It occurs to me that if they went to the US Naval Air Station they must have felt like it was a pretty serious threat.
Good. Let the perp go to the military brig for awhile. That'll lighten his ass up.
Virgin flight to Florida makes emergency landing in Iceland following bomb threat, officials
1/19/02 1:27 PM
LONDON (AP) -- A trans-Atlantic passenger jet flying from Britain to Florida in the United States was diverted to Iceland Saturday after a bomb hoax, airline officials said.
The Virgin Atlantic Boeing 747 took off from London's Gatwick airport at 6 a.m. EST bound for Orlando, Fla. It landed safely at Keflavik airport, 30 miles southwest of the capital Reykjavik at 12:26 p.m. EST.
An airline spokesman said a message containing a bomb threat had been found by crew in the plane's toilet. He said local police intended to question the passengers about the hoax threat.
A spokesman for the Civil Aviation Authority in Iceland said the plane, which had 322 passengers and 18 crew on board, landed safely. He said there had been a security threat, but had no further details.
Hope this guy was just a wacko..
Either way, this guy just gained lots of spare time. I'm sure the authorities will be giving this guy plenty of time to explain his actions. Hope he doesn't have to be anywhere soon. If he does, too bad.
I don't see the purpose of a bomb threat. If you have a bomb, why tell anyone? It seems to me if you want to kill everyone you just do it, you don't talk about it. But if you don't have a bomb and want to terrorize people, you tell them that you do.
Interesting thought. I don't think that there is a law for this sort of thing. The airlines should keep these people in a database and prohibit them from flying that particular airline anymore. The airline may face civil rights accusations, but they can say, "Hey, this nut threatened to bring the plane down and caused an emergency landing. He's shown to be a clear and present danger."
As far as I'm concerned, anybody who pulls this sort of stunt should be jailed, sued for the downtime of the plane, and have to drive/take the bus to all their future destinations.
Break out old Sparky...
Well, not that harsh... but if the mood strikes us we'll put prisoners in with Janet Reno. And then turn out the light.
Yeah, on the rear-view mirror.
Alternativly, you could not call, detonate a bomb, and when emergency crews respond, detonate another one...
I read a lot...
According to the telephone interview of a policeman in Iceland by Fox News, yes.
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