Posted on 05/27/2004 3:02:57 PM PDT by cgk
And here I was, all prepared to credit you with being exceptionally witty! :-)
Buying a geetar?
Flight 306 landed safely in Nashville, and according to reports, a note was found in a bathroom of the MD80 jet claiming that there was a bomb in the cargo hold. The plane left Dallas at about 1:45 p.m. and was supposed to arrive in Boston at 6:30 p.m.
The pilot requested an unscheduled landing in Nashville and was originally denied a landing because Air Force One was on the ground there. The plane finally landed at about 5 p.m. after Air Force One was moved.
The plane has been evacuated and officials are searching the plane.
NewsCenter 5 and TheBostonChannel.com will have more information when it becomes available.
It's all very fitting. After all, their candidate admits to committing atrocities in that war. You heard he was a Vietnam vet, right?
They would have had to KNOW there was no bomb, or risk blowing the airport and AF1 sky-high.
The F16s should have stayed with AF1, the fact that they didnt implies they would have shot this plane down if it was hijacked and headed toward a crowd or important structure.
What other reason would F16s escorts be needed?
Nope, controll the plane, get it on the ground. The FAA can't risk dropping into civilians. That's what I am thinking.
Reminding algore he couldnt even carry his own state in 2000?
ahahahahaahhaaahahahaha!!!
ah...ahhh.... BWAAAAAAAAHAHHAAAAAA!!!
AF1 wasn't in the air at the time, and the President wasn't physically on the aircraft, so it wasn't even officially AF1.
Yeah, the same time warp John F'n Kerry seems to be stuck in.
Remember those guys yesterday that got arrested for joking about 9-11 etc on a plane?
It could be those same types who would do something like this.
Excelent decision here, permission denied.
screenping!
American flight lands after threatening note is found
Updated: 6:36 p.m. ET
May 27, 2004
Authorities were investigating an American Airlines flight diverted to Nashville on Thursday after a note was found that said an explosive was on board. The plane was emptied of passengers and has been searched by law enforcement officials.
American Airlines Flight 306, an MD-83 on a flight from Dallas to Boston, was diverted to Nashville after the note was discovered in one of the plane's lavatories. The pilot requested permission to land at Nashville International Airport and was asked to proceed to Chattanooga because Air Force One was in the Nashville area for President Bush's trip.
The pilot again requested to land in Nashville and was given clearance to land. The plane was escorted by fighter jets and moved to a remote part of the airport. It landed safely at 4:36 p.m. ET.
The note was found by a flight attendant who brought it to the attention of the pilot. He then declared an emergency. The plane was being searched by canine teams and the investigation was being turned over to the FBI.
Officials at the North American Aerospace Defense Command confirmed for NBC that two F-16 fighter jets were diverted from “irregular air patrols” to provide an escort for the American plane.
The officials would not say whether the F-16s had been assigned to Air Force One.
MSNBC's Jay Blackman and Terry Pickard contributed to this report.
There's no point in leaving a note in an airplane that is already doomed to explode.
Yes, they're nothing if not original...
Like somebody said, AQ ain't the type to leave notes.
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