Posted on 05/06/2006 1:36:33 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
I don't recall the incident, but evidently shaving oneself is a part of some ritual preparation for 'martyrdom' in the weird Qutbite existentialist-Muslim sense of the word.
Except west. West takes you closer to lutefisk.
The men seemed agitated when they could not have a second drink...
PING FYI
Lest I seem too flip, I should elaborate that I have a great respect for air marshalls. I go to church with one, who serves as an usher - great guy, and they have a difficult and probably quite tedious job. If they overreact, they'll get criticised, but the one time they underreact could be fatal.
You are correct, but it may be a good idea to keep the details under wraps for a while in this instance. The less the other side knows about events in the field, the better.
Good catch. I remember it happening, but couldnt recall anything else..
Blind? I dont remember that. I do know the flight diverted because three men in the bathroom were shaving themselves. It is thought that is a precursor to their martyrdom..
HEY! Hotdish was a staple when I was growing up (in Minnesota, of course). And pickled herring was a delicacy that we had only on special occasions -- Christmas and Easter and the like.
Still a very clever line...kudos
Ot's that No. 5 that bothers me.
>>They all went into the bathroom together and shaved themselves. The flight diverted to Fort Smith, Arkansas and the dudes were taken off.<<
Getting ready for a business meeting?
lolol!!
I got the stink-eye a lot when
all I did was get out a cigarette and
carry it unlit between my fingers.
It really did help calm my nerves, but
the sight of an unlit ciggy was too much for some folks.
No matter what the reason with five, if you have that feeling. One, you can watch...maybe two. But five, you're right... you best be safe than sorry!!
"They all went into the bathroom together and shaved themselves."
Gay? Just speculating.
72 male virgins?
ROFLMAO....amazing people don't even remember how that turned out.
It was two Indian gas station owners on their way to a convention in Las Vegas. ONE of the Indian guys for whatever reason decided to shave his face in the bathroom before landing; he took his shirt off to avoid getting shaving cream on it. He was in for longer than normal, a stewardess opened the door, freaked out, the guy in the bathroom freaked out, etc.
The "Third" guy was just a random hispanic guy who happened to be sitting near the two Indian guys and had nothing to do with them, who got grabbed just for looking "arab."
A simply amazing display of rumor and inaccurate info; there were NO Arabs involved in the story at any time, and there was never anyone shaving their body, and never more than one person in the bathroom at any one time.
By Jasper Copping
(Filed: 07/05/2006)
Fourteen people were arrested after a mid-air "mutiny" in which economy-class passengers on a jumbo jet stormed the first-class cabin.
The pilot of the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) aircraft radioed for help after the revolt on board the Boeing 747, bound for Manchester from Islamabad. Armed police were waiting when the flight arrived at Manchester and 14 passengers were arrested for "endangering an aircraft".
Cabin crew lost control after the flight was delayed for four hours in searing heat on the tarmac at Islamabad airport. With the economy section packed, a number of passengers decided to upgrade themselves to first class, where many seats were unoccupied.
During the flight, the passengers argued with crew members who asked them to return to their own seats. The aircraft was carrying more than 400 people. The crew became so concerned that police were summoned to meet the flight.
A PIA spokesman said: "The pilot informed staff in Karachi about the problem when he left Islamabad. Police were alerted and all passengers co-operated."
A spokesman for Greater Manchester Police commented: "Several passengers were reported to be trying to enter the first-class area of the plane. When the plane landed, 14 were arrested on suspicion of endangering an aircraft in flight. They have all been bailed until the end of June." He was unable to reveal the nationalities of those arrested.
The incident, on Friday morning, was the second time in a week that police had been called to a Pakistan International Airlines flight at Manchester Airport. Last weekend, they were called to a Karachi-bound jet after passengers caused a disturbance during a long delay. But no arrests were made.
UPDATE:
Five men detained after plane lands at Newark, N.J. airport released
http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/World/2006/05/06/1567692-ap.html
Five men detained Saturday after an American Airlines flight landed at Newark Liberty International Airport were found to pose no threat and were released, an FBI spokesman said.
The men - identified only as four Angolan military personnel and an Israeli - were travelling back to their home countries after attending helicopter training school in Texas, said Steven Siegel, a spokesman for the FBI's Newark office.
Fellow passengers on Flight 1874, which had departed from Dallas Fort Worth International Airport, became suspicious of the men because they were speaking in foreign languages and had "aircraft flight materials" with them, Siegel said.
A federal marshal on the plane notified authorities at Newark Liberty about the men's behaviour.
Police officers from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which operates the airport, took the men into custody soon after the plane landed around 3:20 p.m., said a Port Authority spokesman.
After being questioned by authorities, the men were released around 6 p.m., Siegel said.
Media bias bump.
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