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paddy_nyr[_2_] September 5th, 2008 05:56 PM

Passenger arrested for not turning off his laptop
 
A 35 year old "well dressed businessman" was arrested yesterday when he
refused to turn off his laptop for the final approach of his Qantas flight.
The passenger was on board flight QF418 from Melbourne to Sydney and
apparently found whatever he was doing on his laptop to be more important
than listening to flight attendant requests.

Upon landing, all passengers were told to stay seated while the Australian
counter terrorist first response force arrived, taking the man into custody.

Witnesses report seeing the man being interrogated by 6 armed police
officers in the airport terminal, but he was later released with no charges
filed against him.

The only statement Qantas made, was that a male passenger had failed to
comply with a captain's directive. Let this be a lesson to everyone; listen
to the flight attendant, and turn off your laptop when you are told to.
There may be no evidence to confirm that a laptop will interfere with flight
controls, but a 4 pound laptop can become a cabin projectile when the
aircraft touches down.

http://www.gadling.com/2008/09/04/pa...383x1200520721



Mxsmanic September 5th, 2008 08:17 PM

Passenger arrested for not turning off his laptop
 
paddy_nyr writes:

A 35 year old "well dressed businessman" was arrested yesterday when he
refused to turn off his laptop for the final approach of his Qantas flight.
The passenger was on board flight QF418 from Melbourne to Sydney and
apparently found whatever he was doing on his laptop to be more important
than listening to flight attendant requests.

Upon landing, all passengers were told to stay seated while the Australian
counter terrorist first response force arrived, taking the man into custody.

Witnesses report seeing the man being interrogated by 6 armed police
officers in the airport terminal, but he was later released with no charges
filed against him.

The only statement Qantas made, was that a male passenger had failed to
comply with a captain's directive. Let this be a lesson to everyone; listen
to the flight attendant, and turn off your laptop when you are told to.
There may be no evidence to confirm that a laptop will interfere with flight
controls, but a 4 pound laptop can become a cabin projectile when the
aircraft touches down.


That's certainly true, but a laptop will still be a cabin projectile even when
it is turned off, unless it is also stowed properly (and how many passengers
do that?).

[email protected][_1_] September 6th, 2008 05:30 AM

Passenger arrested for not turning off his laptop
 
On Sep 5, 1:17*pm, Mxsmanic wrote:
paddy_nyr writes:
A 35 year old "well dressed businessman" was arrested yesterday when he
refused to turn off his laptop for the final approach of his Qantas flight.
The passenger was on board flight QF418 from Melbourne to Sydney and
apparently found whatever he was doing on his laptop to be more important
than listening to flight attendant requests.


Upon landing, all passengers were told to stay seated while the Australian
counter terrorist first response force arrived, taking the man into custody.


Witnesses report seeing the man being interrogated by 6 armed police
officers in the airport terminal, but he was later released with no charges
filed against him.


The only statement Qantas made, was that a male passenger had failed to
comply with a captain's directive. Let this be a lesson to everyone; listen
to the flight attendant, and turn off your laptop when you are told to.
There may be no evidence to confirm that a laptop will interfere with flight
controls, but a 4 pound laptop can become a cabin projectile when the
aircraft touches down.


That's certainly true, but a laptop will still be a cabin projectile even when
it is turned off, unless it is also stowed properly (and how many passengers
do that?).


I do, but of course I don't the money to buy a new laptop if mine gets
tossed and then is broken.

M. Graham

mrtravel[_2_] September 6th, 2008 06:55 AM

Passenger arrested for not turning off his laptop
 
paddy_nyr wrote:
A 35 year old "well dressed businessman" was arrested yesterday when he
refused to turn off his laptop for the final approach of his Qantas flight.
The passenger was on board flight QF418 from Melbourne to Sydney and
apparently found whatever he was doing on his laptop to be more important
than listening to flight attendant requests.

Upon landing, all passengers were told to stay seated while the Australian
counter terrorist first response force arrived, taking the man into custody.

Witnesses report seeing the man being interrogated by 6 armed police
officers in the airport terminal, but he was later released with no charges
filed against him.

The only statement Qantas made, was that a male passenger had failed to
comply with a captain's directive. Let this be a lesson to everyone; listen
to the flight attendant, and turn off your laptop when you are told to.
There may be no evidence to confirm that a laptop will interfere with flight
controls, but a 4 pound laptop can become a cabin projectile when the
aircraft touches down.

http://www.gadling.com/2008/09/04/pa...383x1200520721



Other than the subject of the article, I don't see an official statement
indicating there was an "arrest", only that he was question by 6 cops.

I think this was a stupid response. Why did they force passengers to
wiat for the "Australian counter terrorist first response force" to
arrive? Did they believe this was a terrorist plot?

DevilsPGD September 6th, 2008 07:54 AM

Passenger arrested for not turning off his laptop
 
In message mrtravel wrote:

I think this was a stupid response. Why did they force passengers to
wiat for the "Australian counter terrorist first response force" to
arrive? Did they believe this was a terrorist plot?


Likely standard policy, if for no other reason then apprehending him
during general deplaning would be far more difficult.

What are you going to do, ask him to wait in his seat? That didn't work
very well when asking him to turn off his laptop.

mrtravel[_2_] September 6th, 2008 08:25 AM

Passenger arrested for not turning off his laptop
 
DevilsPGD wrote:

In message mrtravel wrote:


I think this was a stupid response. Why did they force passengers to
wiat for the "Australian counter terrorist first response force" to
arrive? Did they believe this was a terrorist plot?



Likely standard policy, if for no other reason then apprehending him
during general deplaning would be far more difficult.


Yes, but I doubt the guy with the laptop really needed to be carted off
by 6 guys with assault rifles.

Mxsmanic September 6th, 2008 08:51 PM

Passenger arrested for not turning off his laptop
 
Shawn Hirn writes:

Then he should have turned off his laptop when directed to by the cabin
crew. Problem solved.


So if it's okay for six people with assault rifles to cart him off if he
refuses, is it okay for them to shoot him? If not, why not?

Jim Davis[_1_] September 6th, 2008 09:59 PM

Passenger arrested for not turning off his laptop
 

"Mxsmanic" wrote in message
...
Shawn Hirn writes:

Then he should have turned off his laptop when directed to by the cabin
crew. Problem solved.


So if it's okay for six people with assault rifles to cart him off if he
refuses, is it okay for them to shoot him? If not, why not?


I think there's a rule that if you're in an airport, the Police have to kill
you with a taser.



Mxsmanic September 7th, 2008 02:38 AM

Passenger arrested for not turning off his laptop
 
Shawn Hirn writes:

Was my previous posting not clear? We are talking about a passenger on a
commercial airline who was taken off the plane by law enforcement
personnel for failing to follow the cabin crew's orders. No one shot the
guy, so don't get so upset.


I never get upset.

My point was that the reaction was out of proportion to the "crime."

Kurt Ullman September 7th, 2008 03:20 AM

Passenger arrested for not turning off his laptop
 
In article ,
Mxsmanic wrote:

Shawn Hirn writes:

Then he should have turned off his laptop when directed to by the cabin
crew. Problem solved.


So if it's okay for six people with assault rifles to cart him off if he
refuses, is it okay for them to shoot him? If not, why not?


Depends on his actions. If he is threatening with lethal force, then
they have every right to shoot his ass. There is a continuum of force
that cops are taught from the first day of the academy.


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