[Velveeta]

Series of suspicious finds ground SWFIA flight

FORT MYERS — A series of suspicious finds led to the grounding and search of a plane at Southwest Florida International Airport Wednesday afternoon.

Officials say three passengers aboard a jet bound for JFK were questioned by TSA and FBI officials after cash, aircraft diagrams and notes in Arabic were found in luggage connected to them.

Atef Wahba, his wife Alice Wahba and Anthony Donato were all questioned at SWFIA as most of the rest of the passengers boarded the jet and continued on to New York.

A records check yielded a Brooklyn address for the Wahba's. The relationship between the Wahba's and Donato, if any, has not yet been disclosed.

The three have reportedly been released. (snip)

http://www.nbc-2.com/articles/readarticle.asp?articleid=3998&z=3&p=

[Velveeta]

Woman attempts to open plane door in flight

A woman on board a United Airlines flight tried to open the rear door of the airplane while on final approach to Sea-Tac, said airport spokesman Bob Parker.

Flight 1195 en route from Denver was flying at 4,000 feet when the woman got up out of her seat and walked to the back of the plane. A flight attendant told her to sit down, but the woman twisted the handle on the rear door, Parker said.

A warning light illuminated in the cockpit, but the door did not actually open. The woman eventually sat back down, and police arrested her as she exited the plane at Sea-Tac airport.

Police booked the 52-year-old woman into King County Jail for investigation of first degree malicious mischief. She could also face federal charges. Investigators are checking to see if alcohol or prescription medications might have been involved.

http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_080305WABplanedoorCB.3b3f2cf7.html

[Velveeta]

Is this article referring to the crashed plane from yesterday in Toronto????

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4 August 2005
PARIS ARRESTS
TWO men, one posing as a pilot, were held at Charles de Gaulle airport an hour before the doomed plane took off, it was revealed.

One of them - said to have a "Middle Eastern appearance" - asked about flights at an Air France desk dressed as one of its staff and carrying a fake airport identity badge.

His accomplice tried to drive him away but the pair, aged 35-40, were arrested.

Detectives yesterday searched the men's flat in Paris while they remained in custody.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/tm_objectid=15815680&method=full&siteid=94762&headline=paris-arrests--name_page.html

[MamaDearest]

....cash, aircraft diagrams and notes in Arabic were found in luggage connected to them.

The three have reportedly been released. (snip)

Of course, isn't it typical we have drawings of aircraft in our possession when we board our flights? The indignity of it all....(groaning). Oh well, there's always the next flight.....or the one after that!

[nw_arizona_granny]

I thought that I knew the name Donato, if so, there are many of them.

The wife pulls Egypt Air Flight 990

The husband could be part of an Egypt travel agency.

http://www.google.com/search?client=googlet&q=Anthony%20Donato

http://www.google.com/search?client=googlet&q=Alice%20Wahba

http://www.google.com/search?client=googlet&q=Atef%20Wahba