London-to-DC flight diverted due to “dangerous situation” on board (Updated, bumped) Contributed by Bill Faith
Watch for more on this one as the day goes on and more becomes available.
Allahpundit
The plane’s on the runway in Boston now; passengers are being offloaded. Details are sketchy, but Fox said there were three “suspicious” people onboard who confronted the crew and who may or may not have had an “item” or “items” with them.
[...]
A United Airlines flight from London to Washington D-C was diverted to Logan Airport this morning following a confrontation involving three passengers.
A woman on board Flight 923 apparently became “unruly,” prompting the pilot to request an emergency landing at Logan shortly after 10 a-m.
... Fox just said the woman had a note referencing Al Qaeda, along with “vaseline,” matches, and a screwdriver.
[...]
CNN asks a good question. Regardless of whether this was terror or just a lone nut, how’d she get vaseline and matches through the screeners at a British airport?
It's gonna be one of those days, isn't it?
*** Update and bump. Original timestamp 2006.08.16.10:42
Ed Morrissey: .
Sounds like there was some real dumbness involved but no terrorism.
Contributed by Bill Faith on August 16, 2006 at 09:13 PM in , , |
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