Fly At Your Own Risk: Mishandled Threats On Planes
Airline Employees Are Concerned That Passenger Safety Is Not The First Concern
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Browne says she recently learned first-hand how some security threats are handled. On Oct. 5, she was working a flight from O'Hare International Airport to Spokane, Wash., when she learned that the airplane had been threatened with a bomb. A handwritten note had been found in one of the seat pockets.
The crew she says was told bomb-sniffing dogs cleared the aircraft before take-off. She later learned that wasn't true. Browne says it was the cleaning crew that searched for any threats.(snip)(More at link, much more)
http://cbs2chicago.com/investigations/local_story_319220004.html
Note: The following post is a quote:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1739418/posts
Fultondale Homeowner Shoots Alleged Robber (AL)
NBC13 ^ | November 15, 2006 | Staff
Posted on 11/15/2006 9:14:14 PM PST by DaveLoneRanger
A 66-year-old Fultondale man said someone tried to rob him and an acquaintance at knifepoint, so he shot and killed the 49-year-old alleged robber at 1325 Seventh Ave.
It happened at 1325 7th Avenue, where, police said, the 49-year-old suspect threatened the homeowner and his friend.
Police said the homeowner had been robbed in the past, so when the thief ordered him to go to a closet in search of more money, the homeowner was able to grab a gun and shoot the suspect, James Greg Aldridge.
Authorities said Aldridge had a long criminal history.
No charges have been filed against the homeowner.
Goes with #778, don't miss this tidbit:
Scrub Inc. is not the only private company cleaning airplanes.
Another is called Prospect Airport Services located in Des Plaines. That company in the past hired a Des Plaines man now on trial for being an Iraqi spy. Other former employees were arrested in Detroit for having fake social security numbers.
Hmmm...I got my car winterized.
Driving is good.