[putupon]

…..passenger passed a note to the crew demanding to be taken to Australia,……

The flight left New York's LaGuardia Airport at 10:57 a.m. bound for Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. It landed at about noon at Dulles, which is 33 miles away.

Australia? Sounds like a good idea to me.

ZONE FORECASTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
330 PM EST SAT JAN 10 2004

DCZ001-MDZ011-VAZ054-111000-
ARLINGTON-DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA-SOUTHERN BALTIMORE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA AND FALLS
CHURCH...BALTIMORE...
WASHINGTON
330 PM EST SAT JAN 10 2004

.TONIGHT...CLEAR AND BITTERLY COLD. LOWS 5 TO 10 ABOVE. NORTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH...BECOMING NORTHWEST AROUND 5 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. .SUNDAY...BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY.

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[Dante3]

What a nut!

[peter the great]

This nut sounds to me as if he is acting alone. The reason why I say this is that a commuter plane does not have the kind of range that would be able to get you to Australia.