UA LHR-IAD flight diverts to BOS after "passenger disturbance"

"Julian Fowler" wrote in message
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Being reported on major media outlets. Few details so far, but seems
that the flight was diverted to Logan, with fighter escort, after a
"confrontation between three passengers and crew members".

That the plane was diverted into Logan (which is as close to a major
centre of population as you can get), and not into somewhere more
remote like Bangor MN or one of several Air Force bases in the NE
makes me wonder whether this is a good ol' fashioned case of "air
rage" rather than anything directly related to a terrorist threat ...

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Julian Fowler
julian (at) bellevue-barn (dot) org (dot) uk


http://edition.cnn.com/2006/TRAVEL/0....ap/index.html

BOSTON, Massachusetts (AP) -- Fighter jets escorted a diverted
London-to-Washington, D.C., flight to Boston's Logan airport Wednesday after
a distraught passenger pulled out a screw driver, matches, Vaseline and a
note referencing al-Qaeda, an airport spokesman said.

United Flight 923 landed safely, Logan airport spokesman Phil Orlandella
said.

The flight, with 182 passengers and 12 crew members landed safely, UAL Corp.
spokesman Brandon Borrman said. Borrman said a female passenger was spotted
engaging in some "suspicious" activity, but he could not immediately say
what the activity was.

State Police and federal agencies took control of the plane after it landed.

Passengers were seen coming off the plane on the tarmac and being loaded
onto a bus. Orlandella said their carry-on luggage was being checked. The
flight was from London's Heathrow Airport to Dulles.

Last week, British authorities said they foiled a terror plot to blow up
trans-Atlantic flights from London to the United States.

Miss L. Toe wrote:
stuff snipped
http://edition.cnn.com/2006/TRAVEL/0....ap/index.html

BOSTON, Massachusetts (AP) -- Fighter jets escorted a diverted
London-to-Washington, D.C., flight to Boston's Logan airport Wednesday after
a distraught passenger pulled out a screw driver, matches, Vaseline and a
note referencing al-Qaeda, an airport spokesman said.


Sounds like ingrediants from a McGyver show LOL.

How did Vaseline make in on board? I assumed that is a banned 'gel
like' substance?

Let's not hope the premise for the movie "Live Wire" ever becomes a
reality or we will all be up sh*ts creek.

"Miss L. Toe" wrote:
London-to-Washington, D.C., flight to Boston's Logan airport Wednesday after
a distraught passenger pulled out a screw driver, matches, Vaseline and a
note referencing al-Qaeda, an airport spokesman said.


read as:

passenger mixed his own drink (a screw driver), wanted to smoke a cigar
and pulled out matches, and wanted to have sex with FA (pulled out the
vaseline), while waiving an article that showed how al quada's attempt
to blow up a plane was thwarted. :-) :-) :-) :-) :-)


said a female passenger was spotted
engaging in some "suspicious" activity, but he could not immediately say
what the activity was.

AKA: This activity was rated R and spokesperson couldn't say what it was
in public ;-)

Miss L. Toe wrote:
"Julian Fowler" wrote in message
...
Being reported on major media outlets. Few details so far, but
seems that the flight was diverted to Logan, with fighter escort,
after a "confrontation between three passengers and crew members".

That the plane was diverted into Logan (which is as close to a major
centre of population as you can get), and not into somewhere more
remote like Bangor MN or one of several Air Force bases in the NE
makes me wonder whether this is a good ol' fashioned case of "air
rage" rather than anything directly related to a terrorist threat

News reports here say she was suffering from claustrophobia. Odd way to
manifest it.

http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/grounded-flight-passenger-muttered-pakistan/2006/08/17/1155407916000.html


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ant

Duh_OZ wrote:

How did Vaseline make in on board?

Most probably by the passenger forgetting to remove it from their
pockets, I'd think. A metal detector won't pick it up as it isn't
metal, and they're only searching 50% now.

Neil