Delta flight landed at Logan after a passenger reported hearing a beeping sound

http://www.whdh.com ^ | October 17, 2002

[Living Free in NH]

A Delta flight has landed at Logan after a passenger reported hearing a beeping sound coming from an overhead storage bin. All the passengers were evacuated safely. Emergency personnel checked the overhead bin, and removed a pair of sneakers which investigators are now examining

[erikm88]

I think its the green wire....

--erik

[Wurlitzer]

"....step out of line, remove our coats, remove our jackets, remove our shoes, empty our pockets, turn over our wallets, purses, briefcases, laptop bags and backpacks, and allow the federal airline security person to place their hands on our person. ...... "

And when, as Federal officers, did they comply with the 4th Amendment and present a search warrant?????

The first person who responds by saying "you don't have a right to fly" should be forced to fly on over 120 flights a year like I used to do.

[exit82]

Not to worry--it was just the plane backing up.

[Alouette]

And when, as Federal officers, did they comply with the 4th Amendment and present a search warrant?????

Of course not!

This search procedure is supposed to be "voluntary" since they must ask your permission before every invasion of your person and your privacy. Who is going to refuse? At the best all I could say was, "I really object to this but I know that I have no choice" or I could have been led away in handcuffs! In fact my family was surprised that I was allowed to board the plane after giving even that feeble protest, and then having the audacity to suggest that they search the Arab Muslim fellow with the stick. Oh, but, that woulda been "racial profiling" and "religious discrimination."

Did I mention that the airline security person found a Hebrew prayer book in my carry-on, opened it (upside down) and leafed through it like it was the Al Qaeda training manual.

[The Raven]

>>>Must be those new Japanese sneakers that have the built-in web server....

ROFL

PS - I've noticed that these kind of threads always have excellent humor in the first two or three posts. A Free Republic extra I suppose.

[Cyber Liberty]

I'm always happy to perform a public service....

[2sheep]

>At that point, while I was receiving all this particular attention, two Moose Limb gentlemen, one of them in full regalia and carrying a cane, the other sporting a large backpack, presented their boarding passes and WENT STRAIGHT ON THROUGH TO BOARD THE PLANE.

Were they wearing the obligatory brown shirt?

[Husker24]

If confined to a airplane bathroom, a fart ignited by a match could take a plane down.

[ATOMIC_PUNK]

If confined to a airplane bathroom, a fart ignited by a match could take a plane down.

He he he he

[jragan2001]

Thanks for bringing up Mel Brooks-in these crazy times
it would be a great time to sit back and have some laughs
watching "Blazing Saddles or Young Frankenstein."

[supercat]

However I did see an elderly Chinese gentleman taken out of line. Because he was using a cane.

There's a reason for that. The "unlikely" suspects are far more likely to be carrying a "weapon" [i.e. weapon "simulator"] than the "likely" suspects. If the security personnel let through someone who is carrying a "weapon simulator" for the QC people, their oversight will be discovered and they risk being fired. People fitting the profile of a "likely" suspect, however, are far less likely to be carrying a weapon or "weapon", and even if one gets through they'll not likely be traced back to the security guy who messed up.

[gitmo]

I was on a flight once that hit some sudden turbulence. The nervous young lady next to me gasped "What was that?"

I answered, "We just ran over a dog."

She suddenly had a sad look, and said "Awwww!!"

[lsee]

ROFLOL!!!

[lsee]

ATOMIC_PUNK, thanks for the laugh. Dig the long cheesy blaster with "just right" density. ROFLOL!!!

[Wurlitzer]

"Did I mention that the airline security person found a Hebrew prayer book in my carry-on, opened it (upside down) and leafed through it like it was the Al Qaeda training manual."

If it were not such a sad commentary on the level of incompentence, this would be very funny.

You now know why I have gone from 120+ flights per year to 0 zip nada.