Just what we don't need!

[Wings Level]

What about this one....


http://www.cnn.com/2002/US/09/11/northwest.flight/index.html

Flight diverted after passenger disturbance
September 11, 2002 Posted: 3:30 PM EDT (1930 GMT


FORT SMITH, Arkansas (CNN) -- A Northwest Airlines flight was diverted Wednesday to Fort Smith, Arkansas, after the pilot reported a disturbance involving passengers, federal officials said.

Northwest Flight 979, an Airbus A320, was traveling from Memphis, Tennessee, to Las Vegas, Nevada, with 94 passengers and five crew members when at least three men got into a confrontation with the flight crew, law enforcement officials said.

"Apparently, a number of men had locked themselves in the bathroom," FBI spokesman Brian Marshall said.

Crew members and other passengers acted to get the men out, federal officials said, and the pilot decided to divert the plane. The FBI and local police surrounded the plane on the tarmac after it landed at Fort Smith Regional Airport.

Marshall said no one was injured.

Four men were held for questioning in the airport, a Northwest official said.

A senior White House official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said the men were being questioned for "inappropriate behavior" but not terrorism.

A law enforcement source said one of the men locked himself in the bathroom and the other two came to his assistance when other passengers got agitated because he would not come out.

A Federal Aviation Administration representative said the plane's pilot reported a disturbance shortly after takeoff and the plane landed safely. There was no military escort, officials said.

The plane had departed Memphis at 8:45 a.m. CDT and was headed for McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas.

 

[terryhfly]

Flight Attendent "Excuse me sir, is that a knife in your pocket"
Passenger "No, it is a comb, You can trust me"
Flight Attendent "Capt. the passenger said it was just a comb"
Capt. "OK, good enough, NOT"

I think they did the right thing. You never know.

Terry

 

[Wings Level]

more to the story

The USA Today article that I first read said that three passengers of Middle Eastern decent, locked themselves together in the bathroom on Northwest flight today. It appears that they removed the link from their site, so I had to do a search.

Do you think that people are still trying to take down planes for Alah? How would they get razors on the plane to shave their body hair? Why would anyone shave their body hair?!!!




09/11/2002 - Updated 04:50 PM ET


Flight diverted after passengers act suspiciously

FORT SMITH, Ark. (AP) — An airliner was diverted to Fort Smith on Wednesday because four passengers behaved strangely on the flight, including at least three who locked themselves in a restroom, possibly shaving their body hair.

No injuries were reported.

Federal officials, speaking on a condition of anonymity, said the incident was not believed to be related to terrorism.

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However, KSTP-TV in Minneapolis, where Northwest Airlines is based, quoted an unidentified source as saying the men were "shaving themselves clean." A source speaking on condition of anonymity told The Associated Press that people aboard the airplane gave investigators similar accounts.

After last year's terror attacks, documents found in the luggage of attack leader Mohamed Atta gave what appeared to be instructions for the suicide hijackers: "The previous night, shave the extra hair from the body (and) pray."

The men appeared to be of Middle Eastern descent, said Jim Harris, a spokesman for Gov. Mike Huckabee.

Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Scott Brenner said some people were detained by the FBI at Fort Smith, but he didn't know how many. The FBI office at Little Rock said the men were taken off the plane but their whereabouts were unknown.

The Bush administration had raised the nation's terror alert warning to its second highest level Tuesday — code orange — signaling a "high risk" of attack on the anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks.

Northwest Airlines Flight 979, an Airbus A320 traveling from Memphis, Tenn., to Las Vegas with 94 passengers and a crew of five, landed at Fort Smith late Wednesday morning, Northwest spokeswoman Mary Beth Schubert said.

No fighter jets were launched to accompany the aircraft, said Maj. Douglas Martin of the North American Aerospace Defense Command.

 

[Dep676]

I think someone got there threads mixed up. This one about the guy with the comb not the queers that locked themselves in the bathroom. I am not busting anyones chops.

 

[skydash]

I remember those afro picks the brothers used to carry being pretty scarry!!

 

[maverick_fp00]

yea, they still do that.. some brothas keep the comb in their hair. I wonder if they security people will tell them to take the comb out before they get on the plane.. ???

 

[corky]

Flight Attendent "Excuse me sir, is that a knife in your pocket"
Passenger "No, it is a comb, You can trust me"
Flight Attendent "Capt. the passenger said it was just a comb"
Capt. "OK, good enough, NOT"

I think they did the right thing. You never know.

Terry

No, more like this:

US Air marshal with weapon drawn: "Sir please stand up and put your hands behind your head"

Passenger: "OK"

Other US Air Marshal: searches and finds a folding comb.

All is well