Posted on 03/16/2015 10:10:21 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
A United Arlines jetliner returned to Dulles International Airport on Monday night after takeoff when a passenger failed to comply with crew instructions, the airline said.
Local law enforcement officers met the plane at the gate at Dulles and detained the passenger, the airline said.
No passengers were injured and no weapons were found, said a spokeswoman for Dulles....
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
Flew tonight from Charlotte to LA. Got the full pat down treatment from TSA. Twice.
But did I complain? Hell no.
One of their people who stayed with me the whole time had been a Marine, who knew exactly what I was talking about when I described armored cavalry ops in Vietnam.
For some reason, something on my person cued them to explosives. I don’t know what. But after being surrounded by 8-10 TSA types including their “Explosive Expert”, who asked me a bunch of key questions, I somehow felt better knowing they were on their toes.
I was very cooperative and it was no problem at all.
33 passengers on a cross-country flight? Man, I need to stop flying in Delta’s cattle cars.
my guess, either your pistol permit or membership here flagged you
It seems the Compost left out a few details...
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