United Flight LHR-Dulles diverted to Boston; Pax freaks out - Al Queda links?
Aug 16th 2006, 3:28 pm
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United Flight LHR-Dulles diverted to Boston; Pax freaks out - Al Queda links?
Wow.....news story just breaking....in this world of PC there was no mention of the ethnicity of the woman pax who freaked out on the plane but I reckon she was Asian. She had notes in English and Arabic with references to Al Queda and on board she had a screwdriver (perhaps one of those tiny ones for specs?) Vaseline and matches.
CNN is showing live pics from the runway at Boston where the plane is parked. All the suitcases are spread out on the runway where sniffer dogs are checking them.
http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/arti...ITY-BOSTON.xml
I can imagine that the managers at Heathrow in charge of security are running around like headless chickens.....
Also a 12 year old boy managed to board a flight at Gatwick today with no passport or boarding pass.....it only came to light when he couldn't find a seat.
http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe...boy/index.html
I think there is too much pressure on the security staff at this busy time of year.....how the heck can they really check every pax for gels, small books of matches etc (which the woman could have hidden inside her vagina for instance)?
CNN is showing live pics from the runway at Boston where the plane is parked. All the suitcases are spread out on the runway where sniffer dogs are checking them.
http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/arti...ITY-BOSTON.xml
I can imagine that the managers at Heathrow in charge of security are running around like headless chickens.....
Also a 12 year old boy managed to board a flight at Gatwick today with no passport or boarding pass.....it only came to light when he couldn't find a seat.
http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe...boy/index.html
I think there is too much pressure on the security staff at this busy time of year.....how the heck can they really check every pax for gels, small books of matches etc (which the woman could have hidden inside her vagina for instance)?
Last edited by Englishmum; Aug 16th 2006 at 3:32 pm.
Aug 16th 2006, 3:38 pm
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Re: United Flight LHR-Dulles diverted to Boston; Pax freaks out - Al Queda links?
Originally Posted by Englishmum
(which the woman could have hidden inside her vagina for instance)?
Aug 16th 2006, 3:41 pm
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Re: United Flight LHR-Dulles diverted to Boston; Pax freaks out - Al Queda links?
Whats a pax?
Aug 16th 2006, 3:43 pm
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Re: United Flight LHR-Dulles diverted to Boston; Pax freaks out - Al Queda links?
What does pax stand for to you?
To me is means peace. Just curious
To me is means peace. Just curious
Originally Posted by Englishmum
Wow.....news story just breaking....in this world of PC there was no mention of the ethnicity of the woman pax who freaked out on the plane but I reckon she was Asian. She had notes in English and Arabic with references to Al Queda and on board she had a screwdriver (perhaps one of those tiny ones for specs?) Vaseline and matches.
CNN is showing live pics from the runway at Boston where the plane is parked. All the suitcases are spread out on the runway where sniffer dogs are checking them.
http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/arti...ITY-BOSTON.xml
I can imagine that the managers at Heathrow in charge of security are running around like headless chickens.....
Also a 12 year old boy managed to board a flight at Gatwick today with no passport or boarding pass.....it only came to light when he couldn't find a seat.
http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe...boy/index.html
I think there is too much pressure on the security staff at this busy time of year.....how the heck can they really check every pax for gels, small books of matches etc (which the woman could have hidden inside her vagina for instance)?
CNN is showing live pics from the runway at Boston where the plane is parked. All the suitcases are spread out on the runway where sniffer dogs are checking them.
http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/arti...ITY-BOSTON.xml
I can imagine that the managers at Heathrow in charge of security are running around like headless chickens.....
Also a 12 year old boy managed to board a flight at Gatwick today with no passport or boarding pass.....it only came to light when he couldn't find a seat.
http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe...boy/index.html
I think there is too much pressure on the security staff at this busy time of year.....how the heck can they really check every pax for gels, small books of matches etc (which the woman could have hidden inside her vagina for instance)?
Aug 16th 2006, 3:48 pm
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Re: United Flight LHR-Dulles diverted to Boston; Pax freaks out - Al Queda links?
Pax - Its airline slang for passenger(s) 
Aug 16th 2006, 3:49 pm
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Re: United Flight LHR-Dulles diverted to Boston; Pax freaks out - Al Queda links?
Originally Posted by Englishmum
how the heck can they really check every pax for gels, small books of matches etc (which the woman could have hidden inside her vagina for instance)?
*goddamnit*
schick....shcick
/tears off another match
schick....shcick
*whythe*****wontthisthinglight*
Aug 16th 2006, 3:49 pm
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Re: United Flight LHR-Dulles diverted to Boston; Pax freaks out - Al Queda links?
Originally Posted by Pollyana
Pax - Its airline slang for passenger(s)
Aug 16th 2006, 3:49 pm
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Re: United Flight LHR-Dulles diverted to Boston; Pax freaks out - Al Queda links?
Calm down everyone. It is or was not as originally reported.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14375133/
No lotion, vaseline, screwdriver or notes. Just a woman who has a phobia.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14375133/
No lotion, vaseline, screwdriver or notes. Just a woman who has a phobia.
Originally Posted by Englishmum
Wow.....news story just breaking....in this world of PC there was no mention of the ethnicity of the woman pax who freaked out on the plane but I reckon she was Asian. She had notes in English and Arabic with references to Al Queda and on board she had a screwdriver (perhaps one of those tiny ones for specs?) Vaseline and matches.
CNN is showing live pics from the runway at Boston where the plane is parked. All the suitcases are spread out on the runway where sniffer dogs are checking them.
http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/arti...ITY-BOSTON.xml
I can imagine that the managers at Heathrow in charge of security are running around like headless chickens.....
Also a 12 year old boy managed to board a flight at Gatwick today with no passport or boarding pass.....it only came to light when he couldn't find a seat.
http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe...boy/index.html
I think there is too much pressure on the security staff at this busy time of year.....how the heck can they really check every pax for gels, small books of matches etc (which the woman could have hidden inside her vagina for instance)?
CNN is showing live pics from the runway at Boston where the plane is parked. All the suitcases are spread out on the runway where sniffer dogs are checking them.
http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/arti...ITY-BOSTON.xml
I can imagine that the managers at Heathrow in charge of security are running around like headless chickens.....
Also a 12 year old boy managed to board a flight at Gatwick today with no passport or boarding pass.....it only came to light when he couldn't find a seat.
http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe...boy/index.html
I think there is too much pressure on the security staff at this busy time of year.....how the heck can they really check every pax for gels, small books of matches etc (which the woman could have hidden inside her vagina for instance)?
Aug 16th 2006, 3:51 pm
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Re: United Flight LHR-Dulles diverted to Boston; Pax freaks out - Al Queda links?
Originally Posted by Rete
Calm down everyone. It is or was not as originally reported.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14375133/
No lotion, vaseline, screwdriver or notes. Just a woman who has a phobia.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14375133/
No lotion, vaseline, screwdriver or notes. Just a woman who has a phobia.
Aug 16th 2006, 3:54 pm
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Re: United Flight LHR-Dulles diverted to Boston; Pax freaks out - Al Queda links?
Originally Posted by Rete
Calm down everyone. It is or was not as originally reported.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14375133/
No lotion, vaseline, screwdriver or notes. Just a woman who has a phobia.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14375133/
No lotion, vaseline, screwdriver or notes. Just a woman who has a phobia.
Hmmm, scaremongering?
"There is nothing to fear but fear itself"
Aug 16th 2006, 3:54 pm
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Re: United Flight LHR-Dulles diverted to Boston; Pax freaks out - Al Queda links?
Originally Posted by Sallyanne
Nationality?
Aug 16th 2006, 4:03 pm
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Re: United Flight LHR-Dulles diverted to Boston; Pax freaks out - Al Queda links?
Originally Posted by Englishmum
Wow.....news story just breaking....in this world of PC there was no mention of the ethnicity of the woman pax who freaked out on the plane but I reckon she was Asian. She had notes in English and Arabic with references to Al Queda and on board she had a screwdriver (perhaps one of those tiny ones for specs?) Vaseline and matches.
CNN is showing live pics from the runway at Boston where the plane is parked. All the suitcases are spread out on the runway where sniffer dogs are checking them.
http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/arti...ITY-BOSTON.xml
I can imagine that the managers at Heathrow in charge of security are running around like headless chickens.....
Also a 12 year old boy managed to board a flight at Gatwick today with no passport or boarding pass.....it only came to light when he couldn't find a seat.
http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe...boy/index.html
I think there is too much pressure on the security staff at this busy time of year.....how the heck can they really check every pax for gels, small books of matches etc (which the woman could have hidden inside her vagina for instance)?
CNN is showing live pics from the runway at Boston where the plane is parked. All the suitcases are spread out on the runway where sniffer dogs are checking them.
http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/arti...ITY-BOSTON.xml
I can imagine that the managers at Heathrow in charge of security are running around like headless chickens.....
Also a 12 year old boy managed to board a flight at Gatwick today with no passport or boarding pass.....it only came to light when he couldn't find a seat.
http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe...boy/index.html
I think there is too much pressure on the security staff at this busy time of year.....how the heck can they really check every pax for gels, small books of matches etc (which the woman could have hidden inside her vagina for instance)?
you could up until last week still take 2 books of matches on airliners as a nice Welsh F/A on a regional jet gave me 2 books and told me the best place to have a quick ciggy at PHL.
Surprised the 767 was escorted to Logan and not Bangor, guess the authorities thought it was too far away.
also, no offense and granted she still went a little ape on the plane from all accounts............having a note about al qaeda on a plane is not illegal.
but then again, I wouldn't want to fly on the same plane as her neither.
Aug 16th 2006, 4:29 pm
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Re: United Flight LHR-Dulles diverted to Boston; Pax freaks out - Al Queda links?
She was 60 years old and suffering from Claustiphobia (sp)...
And we say we won't let the terrorists win <sigh>...
(from BBC)
Nenette Day, a spokeswoman for the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Boston, said the 60-year-old woman was apparently claustrophobic and had become disruptive on the flight.
And we say we won't let the terrorists win <sigh>...
(from BBC)
Nenette Day, a spokeswoman for the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Boston, said the 60-year-old woman was apparently claustrophobic and had become disruptive on the flight.
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Aug 16th 2006, 4:33 pm
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Re: United Flight LHR-Dulles diverted to Boston; Pax freaks out - Al Queda links?
Originally Posted by gruffbrown
Rete's American.
Aug 16th 2006, 4:55 pm
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Re: United Flight LHR-Dulles diverted to Boston; Pax freaks out - Al Queda links?
Originally Posted by franc11s
She was 60 years old and suffering from Claustiphobia (sp)...
And we say we won't let the terrorists win <sigh>...
(from BBC)
Nenette Day, a spokeswoman for the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Boston, said the 60-year-old woman was apparently claustrophobic and had become disruptive on the flight.
And we say we won't let the terrorists win <sigh>...
(from BBC)
Nenette Day, a spokeswoman for the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Boston, said the 60-year-old woman was apparently claustrophobic and had become disruptive on the flight.